costs are not too low. Exogenous shocks, such as an increase in the foreign wage, lead to an increase in optimal remittances …. Hence, in equilibrium, optimal remittances and number of migrants are positively related. We use data from twenty five … estimates put forward a positive elasticity of the number of migrants with respect to remittances per migrant. Policy …

proportions in EB-2 and EB-3 sent remittances than in the cohort overall. (6) A little measure of assimilation – using dollars to …

This paper examines the macroeconomic determinants of migrants' remittances dynamics. The study uses panel VAR methods … are an important factor explaining remittances dynamics, while home economic conditions do not have a significant … influence on remittances. …

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 …

increase in poverty caused a massive overseas emigration of many Colombian workers. The income remittances sent to Colombia by … remittances income are principally used for the living expenditures of Colombian households with members abroad. This paper … overseas remittances sent to Colombia and their impact on poverty reduction. The large percentage of emigrated workers who have …

remittances patterns. Using a new detailed household dataset on migration in the Republic of Moldova, it is shown that return is … respective migrant networks. Concerning remittances, the results indicate that temporary migrants remit around 30% more than … temporary migration is relatively more favorable for developing countries as it fosters higher remittances, repatriation of …

The impact of migration and worker remittances on literacy, accumulation of capital and growth is analyzed for a panel …, worker remittances, savings, investment, tax revenues, public expenditure on education, interest rates, literacy, labour … and poor countries on remittances and migration generates some highly non-linear results in the baseline simulation. Then …

indirect impact on the convergence issue, aid, remittances, labour force growth, investment and savings, net foreign debt … more remittances and emigration, a lower labour force growth, higher shares of GDP for saving, tax revenues, public … expenditure on education and investment, and higher literacy. However, all these stabilizing forces through remittances and …