yet firmly established the effect of remittances on household welfare. We investigate the case of Tajikistan, one of the … instrumental variable estimation to confirm a positive relationship between receiving remittances and household welfare after … correcting for endogeneity. Moreover, we find that the effect of remittances on household spending is more pronounced in …

This study examines the role of migrant's remittances on labor supply for a panel of Peruvian households over the … period 2002-2006. Remittances can undermine the incentives to work. On the other hand, the in ows may alleviate credit … estimations, we show that remittances have no average effect on employment. However, (male) wage- employment decreases, and self …

This paper provides a fact sheet of domestic and international remittances at the State level and across household … characteristics and discusses the extent of remittance dependency, it's growth since the 1990's, the different uses of remittances …-08, 60% being Inter-State transfers and 80% directed towards rural households (b) Domestic remittances financed over 30% of …

highest emigration percentage flows in the world. Migrant remittances are an increasingly important source of income for both … countries. For these two economies, remittances are the largest type of international financial inflow and are larger than … analyses the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the remittances flows and highlight migration issues that are of specific …

This paper analyses the impact of remittances on household expenditure behaviour in Senegal. We use propensity score … matching and OLS methods to assess the average impact of remittances on several household budget shares. Our results show a … productive use of international remittances in Senegal. However, the impact of remittances disappears when the marginal spending …

This paper examines the effect of remittances on household expenditure patterns applying propensity score matching … the productive or non-productive use of remittances, expenditures on non-food investment categories, such as durable goods …

This paper analyses the impact of remittances on household expenditure behaviour in Senegal. We use propensity score … matching and OLS methods to assess the average impact of remittances on several household budget shares. Our results show a … productive use of international remittances in Senegal. However, the impact of remittances disappears when the marginal spending …

In the present work, the topic of remittances was analyzed froma microeconomic point of view. After the important role … determinants that explaintheir investment degree at a national level; this mean, those factors thatinfluence in the remittances … fieldwork, we found evidence that the majorityof the remittances goes to current consume expenditures (75%) andonly a 21% is …

This paper analyses the impact of remittances on household expenditure behaviour in Senegal. We use propensity score … matching and OLS methods to assess the average impact of remittances on several household budget shares. Our results show a … productive use of international remittances in Senegal. However, the impact of remittances disappears when the marginal spending …