Even though remittances to the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region are expected to slow down by around 6 percent … role in increasing the incentives for remittances. The so-called mobile payments, which make use of mobile technology, have … the potential of becoming an essential tool for remittances. Firstly, while bank branches and cash machines account for …

the volume of remittances to the Latin American region. This paper studies how a generalized amnesty - a provision in the … country of origin, we estimate substantial post-legalization drops in remittances sent home by Mexican-born migrants who … legalized through IRCA. Given the potential positive impact of remittances on investment levels, entrepreneurship rates and the …

This paper explores the impact of remittances on poverty, education, and health in 11 Latin American countries using … following: (1) regardless of the counterfactual used remittances appear to lower poverty levels in most recipient countries; (2 … heterogeneity in the poverty reduction impact of remittances' flows. Among the aspects that have been identified in the paper that …

Workers' remittances have become a major source of income for developing countries. However, little is still known … about their impact on poverty and inequality. Using a large cross-country panel dataset, the authors find that remittances … are robust to the use of different instruments that attempt to correct for the potential endogeneity of remittances …

Workers' remittances sent to Latin America declined sharply as the COVID-19 pandemic spread in the first half of 2020 … measures, as well as travel restrictions, on remittances sent to Latin America. The results indicate that containment measures … explain the subsequent recovery of remittances. …

Workers' remittances have become a major source of income for developing countries. However, little is still known … about their impact on poverty and inequality. Using a large cross-country panel dataset, the authors find that remittances … are robust to the use of different instruments that attempt to correct for the potential endogeneity of remittances …