Using disaggregated sectorial data, this study shows that rising levels of remittances have spending effects that lead …

In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving … country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later … attachment to the household would be more inclined to remit money home. Therefore, remittances can be seen as a proxy for the …

results show that there is no evidence of a long-run impact of remittances on income per capita in the region. The inflows …

-sectional dependence and individual effects are controlled for, remittances to sub-Saharan Africa as a whole increase the underlying real …

Remittances are an important source of external resources for developing countries. These transfers may increase the … remittances on different import categories. A panel VAR was estimated using data from eight Latin-American economies during the … 1991 to 2004 period. The impulse response functions show that remittances increase imports of capital, consumption, and …

Remittances are an important source of external resources for developing countries. These transfers may increase the … remittances on different import categories. A panel VAR was estimated using data from eight Latin-American economies during the … 1991 to 2004 period. The impulse response functions show that remittances increase imports of capital, consumption, and …

There are considerable studies regarding the contribution of international migrants' remittances to economic growth … while there is a lack of studies which investigate the effect of remittances on shadow economy. The authors explore … empirically the effect of remittances and its interaction effect with tax on shadow economy by using panel data covering the …

the development of external factors, like remittances. This paper examines the role that remittances play in the …, exchange rate depreciations, interest rate differentials, rises in commodity prices and higher inflows of remittances. In fact …, the influence that remittances exert on reserves is the strongest and most consistent amongst our determinants. Not …