After independence, the GCC countries relied heavily on foreign workers from fellow Arab countries. Thus, remittances … remittances. This paper examines the consequences of the shift in the source of labor by econometrically testing the existence of … structural breaks in the flow of remittances in the MENA region. The change in the direction of remittance flows deprived several …

results are robust to different measures of remittances and migration. When we differentiate between regions by their exposure … do not have migrants, remittances have no effect on the labor supply by males, suggesting that migration and not …We analyze the impact of remittances on the labor supply of men and women in post-conflict Tajikistan. Individuals from …

Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the … risk aversion and remittance behavior. Risk-averse individuals are more likely to send remittances home and are, on average … a "purchase of self-insurance" motive to remit, we also provide evidence of more remittances sent by risk averse …

Research on the relationship between high-skilled migration and remittances has been limited by the lack of suitable …. Our results reveal that migrants' education has no significant impact on the likelihood of sending remittances …. Conditional on sending remittances, however, high-skilled migrants send significantly higher amounts of money to their households …

Research on the relationship between high-skilled migration and remittances has been limited by the lack of suitable …. Our results reveal that migrants' education has no significant impact on the likelihood of sending remittances …. Conditional on sending remittances, however, high-skilled migrants send significantly higher amounts of money to their households …

The main goal of our paper was to apply our research methodology on the specific case of the Ukrainian migration and … remittances in the Czech Republic. In contrast to previous studies, we provide a more detailed insight into the specifications of … having skilled position. Our results demonstrate that reverse economic effects of remittances on the source country might be …

remittances. In contrast, school attendance of teenage girls (ages 12-17) falls when siblings migrate, while parental migration …We study how migration affects education of girls in Tajikistan - the poorest post-Soviet state and one of the most … 2011, we find that the effect of migration on girls' school attendance differs markedly by age. School attendance of young …