There has been little systematic empirical study on the relationship between remittances and growth. This paper … attempts to examine this relationship. Using a newly constructed crosscountry of data series for remittances covering a large … sample of developing countries, we relate the interaction between remittances and financial development and its impact on …

substitution effects. We offer new evidence on the effect of remittances on household investment decisions. We enrich our analysis … concerns. We find that remittances increase the likelihood of human, physical, and social capital investment in most of our … income effect of remittances mainly drives the positive effect on capital investment. However, we also find evidence of …

In this paper, I measure the importance of remittances and financial development for developing countries. I estimate … channel for remittances to affect economic growth. The index brings together information from existing measures, reflecting … the more financial development in a country, the smaller becomes the impact of remittances on economic growth and it can …

Remittances are the largest source of overseas capital inflows to the Philippines accounting for 11 percent of GDP and … more than 10 times the flow of FDI in 2011. Although the largest proportion of remittances are targeted for family support …, the Philippine government would like to see overseas workers allocate a larger share for investment purposes as a way to …

motivations tied to tenure abroad change the impact of their remittances on venture investment back home. Regression and related … analyses of remittances to 33 developing countries from 2001–2010 indicate that, for migrants residing abroad for less (more …) than a year, remittances significantly increase new business founding rates (venture-funding availability). Our results …

This paper examines the effect of one partner's overseas migration on the other non-migrant partner's labor force … participation and supply behavior. I compare the effect when the migrant partner is male and when she is female. The study uses …

migration and remittances and to highlight research gaps. Literature and reliability of findings that explore the many facets … and implications of the social and economic impacts of international labour migration and remittances were assessed and … investment, and poverty and inequality, were highlighted. The paper argued that understanding the social and economic impact of …

among Filipinos overseas and depresses women's remittances by over fifty per cent. Clearly, the economic and social losses … associated with this kind of labour market outcome are significant. Remittances ; Immigrants …

This paper examines the effect of one partner’s overseas migration on the other non-migrant partner’s labor force … participation and supply behavior. I compare the effect when the migrant partner is male and when she is female. The study uses …