This study examined the short and long-run effects of private remittances on household consumption in Ghana from 1980 … relationship. Results showed that remittances positively impacted household consumption in Ghana in both the short and long …

income shocks and whether they use migration, remittances, informal loans, or assets as ex post risk-coping mechanisms. Since … 16 percent of consumption is insured. While domestic remittances from other families replace about 51 percent of income …

This study analyzes the impact of remittances as seen in household survey data from three small rural communities. OLS … and multivariate anova regressions were used to analyze household survey data collected in Cumbe and Gualaceo (Ecuador … remittances acted as "compensation for poor economic performance" rather than capital promoting economic development …

household's likelihood of receiving remittances. We also compute average treatment effects as well as the marginal impact of … receiving remittances on household welfare, across welfare quantiles. The novelty of our approach is to control for omitted … welfare level of a household per se does not trigger the receipt of remittances. The receipt of remittances favors non …

use remittances, informal loans, or assets as ex post risk-coping mechanisms. Since these households have limited access … approximately 27 percent of consumption is insured. International remittances from migrant members replace about 11 percent of …

has primarily been devoted to external movements. This paper presents the main descriptive results of a new household … survey on migration and remittances in Kazakhstan which was conducted in four cities (Almaty, Astana, Karaganda and Pavlodar … respondents, illustrates migration experiences on the individual and the household level and compares migrants and non …

This paper examines the impacts of international remittances on child labor and household welfare by presenting … evidence from Turkey. Remittances by alleviating resource constraints may improve household welfare and help reduce labor …. Remittances improve household welfare by significantly reducing the chances of recipient households living under the poverty line …

This paper adds international migration and remittances into the IMF's Flexible System of Global Models (FSGM). FSGM is … dynamics of major remitter regions is proposed. The dynamics of remittances and migration in FSGM are calibrated to be …

efficiency of their household, the main improvements being energy saving by purchasing low-power home appliances or thermal … for the entire household. The authors propose to the Romanian economic environment to carry out information and …