In the past few years, there has been a renewed interest in remittances of international migrants, as their strong … recent increase shed more light on the effects at both micro and macro level. The remittances not only contribute to the well …-being of the receiving households, but are also a large source of external financing, second only to FDI. The remittances are …

We examine the labour supply effect of remittances in the Republic of Haiti, the prime international remittances … address three econometric issues that may bias the estimates. We account for endogeneity of the remittances with respect to … remittances. However, contrary to previous findings, the labour market response to remittances of female household heads is not as …

nonreceiving households, and households with migrant parents to single out the impact of migration and remittances. The results … other household members. Receiving remittances reduces the adverse impact of migration by only 1-3 percentage points. The …