as potential motives behind workers'' remittances. It shows that the level of workers'' remittances depends on how great … remittances in Morocco and the policy implications in light of the empirical findings …

classifications related to remittances. It is consistent with the new standards for measuring balance of payments transactions, as … are used globally to compile comprehensive and comparable data. The RCG identifies the main remittances compilation … manual providing compilation guidance for remittances and is also the first compilation guide based on concepts set out in …

In the last two decades remittances have gained interest due to their large size. For several developing countries … remittances constitute a large portion of their GDP and sometimes exceed FDI. While FDIs are usually profit driven, it is not … clear what the driving force behind remittances is. This paper presents a simple theoretical model of migrants' remitting …

remittances via trans-national networks affect human capital investments through relaxing resource constraints and facilitate … remittances on school enrolment and child work in Ecuador. Identification relies on instrumental variables, exploiting information … on source countries of remittances and regional variation in the availability of bank offices that function as formal …

migrants send home. This paper examines whether remittances actually increase with migrants' education level. The determinants … of remittances it considers include migration levels or rates, migrants' education level, and source countries' income … considered in the few studies on this topic. Our main finding is that remittances decrease with the share of migrants with …

position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic situation of the sending countries through remittances and rise …

remittances to their countries of origin. In 2004, remittances exceeded official development aid in several emigration countries …