Do low-skilled migrant remittances help achieve SDG 10?

H Kratou, R Pillai, T Sharif - Journal of Chinese Economic and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper we explore the role migrant skill composition plays in remittances and income
inequality'relationships, using a panel study of 53 African countries over the period 1990 …

Remittances, Income Inequality, and Brain Drain: An Empirical Investigation for the MENA Region

H Kratou, N Khlass - Key Challenges and Policy Reforms in the MENA …, 2022 - Springer
Part C of the UN's 10th Sustainable Development Goal to reduce inequity addresses the
migration policies (target 7), including the migration of the less-skilled migrant workers …

Does the cost of remitting matter? Evidence from low-income countries on the effect of remittances on income distribution

H Kratou, N Khlass - Development Studies Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Part C of the United Nation's (UN) 10th Sustainable Development Goal to reduce inequality
addresses the high transaction costs faced by migrants when sending money home. The …

Remittances, institutions, and inequality in developing countries

K Borja, JD Hall - 2018 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
The private transfers sent by immigrant workers back to their home countries, or remittances,
can improve the development of recipient countries through poverty reduction, higher …

[PDF][PDF] Changes in Migration Patterns and Remittances: Do Female and Skilled Migrants remit more?

M Le Goff, S Salomone - 2014 - econstor.eu
According to recent World Bank estimates, officially recorded remittances to developing
countries were USD 401 billion in 2012, and remain a key resource flow that far exceeds …

What is the impact of international remittances on poverty and inequality in Latin America?

P Acosta, C Calderon, P Fajnzylber, H Lopez - World Development, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …

How heterogeneity of recipients influences the income equalising impact of migrants' remittances

A Nessa - Journal of Economic Studies, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This research develops a dynamic theoretical framework to study the interaction
between migrants' remittances and entrepreneurship, together with the effect of these …

Is the complementarity between remittances and human capital development a panacea for income inequality reduction?

K Tsaurai - International Journal of Services, Economics …, 2018 - inderscienceonline.com
This study investigated if international personal remittances (remittances) and human capital
development complement each other in reducing income inequality in emerging markets …

Do Remittances Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Asian Countries

H Akeel - Cuadernos de Economía, 2023 - cude.es
This research delves into the examination of the influence of remittances on poverty
alleviation across ten Asian nations spanning the period from 2006 to 2019. The study …

Do remittances crowd-in or crowd-out domestic investment? An empirical analysis of 24 low-income countries

RK Dash - Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2023 - Springer
International migration not only provides external capital in the form of remittances, but also
has many positive externalities–such as trade creation, financial development, skill …