This paper examines the impact of remittances on child labor and education in recipient Moroccan households. Based on … propensity-score matching methods, we find a positive effect of remittances on the investment in education. Furthermore, living … the control group. Our results show the positive effect of remittances on the schooling of the poor children. It also …

In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the … vulnerability of non-poor households are significantly dropped due to remittances. Our findings also suggest that remittance inflows …

Mobile remittances have a high development potential as they hold the promise of providing quick, easy and cheap money …, enabling greater opportunities for mobile remittances. The rise of mobile banking in Africa, however, differs substantially … offers for mobile remittances vary geographically. The services provided do not always meet the needs of remittance senders …

This paper investigates the effect of international remittances and migration on household welfare in Ethiopia. We … before and after the households began receiving remittances, the study sheds light on the changes in welfare associated with … international migration and remittances. The results reveal that remittances have a significant impact on a welfare variable that …

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants’ education both theoretically and empirically, using … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants’ human … between remittances and migrants’ education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The …

The present study re-examines the effects of remittances on growth of GDP per capita using annual panel data for 24 …. However, our analysis also shows that the volatility of capital inflows such as remittances and FDI is harmful to economic … growth. This means that, while remittances contribute to better economic performance, they are also a source of output shocks …

This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in … that migrants’ remittances can improve living standards among Moroccan households and affect negatively the incidence of … poverty. The results show a statistically significant and positive impact of hose remittances on recipient households …

The objective of the paper is to analyze the respective impact of aid and remittances on human development as measured … health aid and remittances contribute to reduce child health disparities between countries, the paper addresses two other … impact of aid and remittances on intra-country child health disparities? Our results suggest that both remittances and health …

The sign of worker remittances in growth regressions is heavily disputed in the literature. Comparing two growth … the variance inflation factors (VIF). In our case the variance inflation factor for remittances depends on the use of a … of remittances is positive. …

. The reduced growth has a direct or indirect impact on the convergence issue, aid, remittances, labour force growth … shows permanent effects, which are positive only for China. In the poor countries, investment, remittances, savings, tax …