motivations tied to tenure abroad change the impact of their remittances on venture investment back home. Regression and related … analyses of remittances to 33 developing countries from 2001–2010 indicate that, for migrants residing abroad for less (more …) than a year, remittances significantly increase new business founding rates (venture-funding availability). Our results …

This paper asks: do remittances promote entrepreneurship? Remittances have become one of the largest forms of cross … and entrepreneurship rates across countries. Our results suggest that remittances promote early-stage business development … (Meyer & Shera, 2017). By directly providing relief, remittances are an important income and capital source for family …

We incorporate remittances and microentrepreneurship (self-employment) into a small open-economy business cycle model … with capital and labor market frictions. Countercyclical remittances moderate the decline of households' consumption during … recessions. These remittances also are used to finance the start-up costs of microenterprises that bolster households' income …