peso leads to increases in household remittances received from overseas. The estimated elasticity of Philippine …-peso remittances with respect to the Philippine/foreign exchange rate is 0.60. These positive income shocks lead to enhanced human …

What causes developing countries to receive different levels of international remittances? This paper addresses this … examine the determinants of remittances. The paper finds that the skill composition of migrants does matter in remittance … determination. Countries which export a larger share of high-skilled (educated) migrants receive less per capita remittances than …