of being schooled. As such, remittances ameliorate the negative disruptive effect of household out-migration on children …In this paper, we focus on the use of remittances to school children remaining in migrant communities in Haiti. After … addressing the endogeneity of remittance receipt, we find that remittances raise school attendance for all children in some …

We analyze in this paper the impact of male-dominated migration and remittance income on the participation and hours … between a 'pure' migration (M) effect and the joint effect of migration and remittance income (MR) and evaluate these effects …

, and remittances. It finds little support for the revisionist approach. First, a higher skilled content of migration is … unwarranted. First, sustained migratory flows may be associated with an equally large flow of remittances. Second, migrants may … to acquire skills by home residents. This paper takes a further look at the link between skilled migration, education …

This paper explores migration movements and remittances patterns in Macedonia since independence and studies the … enhance the opportunities of migration and remittances and reduce their risks. … migration policy challenges Macedonia will be likely to face after its entry into the EU. Concerning recent migration movements …

How is migration related to informal activities? They may be complementary since new migrants may have difficulty … finding employment in formal work, so many of them end up informally employed. Alternatively, migration and informality may be … substitutes since migrants' incomes in their new locations and income earned in the home informal economy (without migration) are …

This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and … Jamaica or El Salvador - are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The quantitative … inherently multi-country nature of both migration and other forms of integration, such as international trade and remittance …

This paper focuses on the effects of domestic and international remittances on children's well-being. Using data from … remittance recipient and non-recipient households. The results of our cross-section and panel analyses indicate that remittances … increase schooling and reduce child labour. Although international remittances are found to have a stronger beneficial impact …

In this paper we examine how remittances relate to the exchange rate, natural disasters and foreign aid in developing … find that while foreign aid tends to appreciate the real exchange rate, remittances do not have the same impact. We also … of disaster shocks on the real exchange rate and on the level of remittances across the two samples. …

We use original 2005 household survey data from Fiji and Tonga to estimate the impact of migration and remittances on … relationship between remittances and income. Measures of inequality and poverty based on actual, with-migration income and … remittances are then compared with those based on a no-migration scenario. Counterfactual household incomes are estimated, taking …

I investigated whether migration is interrelated with trade, aid and remittances so that any policies that consider … that migration, trade, aid and remittances are interrelated, however, migration will be better managed when the dynamic … trade, aid and remittances also affect the decision to migrate. We developed and estimated an empirical model of Turkish …