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Do remittances not promote growth?: A finite mixture-of-regressions approach

by Konte, M Published in Empirical economics (01.03.2018)

“...This paper re-examines the impact of remittance inflows on growth using data for developing countries over the period 1970–2010. We relax the hypothesis that...”

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Emigration, remittances, and the subjective well-being of those staying behind

by Ivlevs, Artjoms Nikolova, Milena Graham, Carol Published in Journal of population economics (01.01.2019)

“...We offer the first global perspective on the well-being consequences of emigration for those staying behind using several subjective well-being measures...”

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Do remittances promote financial development?

by Aggarwal, Reena Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli Pería, Maria Soledad Martínez Published in Journal of development economics (2011)

“...Workers' remittances to developing countries have become the second largest type of flows after foreign direct investment. This paper uses data on remittance...”

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Africa's Money in Africa

by Osabuohien, Evans Stephen Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu Published in The South African Journal of economics (01.06.2013)

“...Workers' remittance and compensation of employees received in Sub‐Sahara Africa (SSA) increased from USD 1.398 billion in 1980 to USD 4.834 billion in 2000 and...”

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Migration and Development Research is Moving Far Beyond Remittances

by Clemens, Michael A Özden, Çağlar Rapoport, Hillel Published in World development (01.12.2014)

“...Research on migration and development has recently changed, in two ways. First, it has grown sharply in volume, emerging as a proper subfield. Second, while it...”

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Mobile Money, Remittances, and Household Welfare: Panel Evidence from Rural Uganda

by Munyegera, Ggombe Kasim Matsumoto, Tomoya Published in World development (01.03.2016)

“...Access to financial services is crucial for development as it enhances resource mobilization needed for productive investment and facilitates consumption...”

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The Economics of Temporary Migrations

by Christian Dustmann Joseph-Simon Görlach Published in Journal of economic literature (01.03.2016)

“...Many migrations are temporary—a fact that has often been ignored in the economic literature on migration. Such omission may be serious in that expected...”

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Remittances, financial development, and growth

by Giuliano, Paola Ruiz-Arranz, Marta Published in Journal of development economics (2009)

“...Despite the increasing importance of remittances in total international capital flows, the relationship between remittances and growth has not been adequately...”

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Great Expectations? Remittances and Asset Accumulation in Pakistan

by Ahmed, Junaid Mughal, Mazhar Klasen, Stephan Published in Journal of international development (01.04.2018)

“...This study examines asset accumulation patterns of the recipients of foreign and domestic remittances. Employing a number of matching techniques, we analyse...”

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The Feminization of International Migration and its Effects on the Children Left Behind: Evidence from the Philippines

by Cortes, Patricia Published in World development (01.01.2015)

“...This paper explores the effects of a mother’s migration on her children’s well-being. I use children with migrant fathers as the main control group to...”

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The Effects of Remittances on Output per Worker in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Production Function Approach

by Ssozi, John Asongu, Simplice A Published in The South African Journal of economics (01.09.2016)

“...This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 Sub‐Saharan African countries from 1980...”

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Migrant Remittances

by Dean Yang Published in The Journal of economic perspectives (01.07.2011)

“...This article is about the economics of migrant remittances sent to developing countries. I review the overall magnitude of remittances and what current...”

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Mobile money and risk sharing against village shocks

by Riley, Emma Published in Journal of development economics (01.11.2018)

“...Households in developing countries have gained increased access to remittances through the recent introduction of mobile money services. I examine the impact...”

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The Perils of Unearned Foreign Income: Aid, Remittances, and Government Survival

by AHMED, FAISAL Z Published in The American political science review (01.02.2012)

“...Given their political incentives, governments in more autocratic polities can strategically channel unearned government and household income in the form of...”

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Effect of Remittances on Poverty and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Gupta, Sanjeev Pattillo, Catherine A Wagh, Smita Published in World development (2009)

“...This paper assesses the effect of the steadily growing remittance flows to sub-Saharan Africa. Though the region receives only a small portion of the total...”

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International Remittances and Private Interhousehold Transfers: Exploring the Links

by Alem, Y Andersson, L Published in European journal of development research (01.09.2019)

“...We investigate the effect of international remittances from migrated family members on informal interhousehold transfers—an issue that has received limited...”

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Remittances, Household Expenditure and Investment in Guatemala

by Adams, Richard H Cuecuecha, Alfredo Published in World development (2010)

“...This paper uses a nationally-representative household data set from Guatemala to analyze how the receipt of internal remittances (from Guatemala) and...”

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Follow the Money: Remittance Responses to FDI Inflows

by Coon, Michael Neumann, Rebecca Published in Journal of globalization and development (18.05.2018)

“...Migrant networks are an important catalyst for promoting FDI flows between countries. Migrants also send increasingly large remittances to their home...”

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Remittances and Institutions: Are Remittances a Curse?

by Abdih, Yasser Chami, Ralph Dagher, Jihad Montiel, Peter Published in World development (01.04.2012)

“...This paper addresses the complex and overlooked relationship between the receipt of workers’ remittances and institutional quality in the recipient country...”

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