Remittances and vulnerability in developing countries

G Bettin, AF Presbitero… - The World Bank Economic …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
This paper examines how international remittances are affected by structural characteristics,
macroeconomic conditions, and adverse shocks in recipient economies. We exploit a novel …

The Effects of Remittances on Output per Worker in S ub‐S aharan A frica: A Production Function Approach

J Ssozi, SA Asongu - South African Journal of Economics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
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 to 2010. Lagged …

Remittances over the business cycle: Theory and evidence

S De, E Islamaj, MA Kose… - … Notes: Review of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the behaviour of remittances over the business cycle and their potential to act
as a 'stabilizer'during periods of high business cycle volatility. Two main findings are …

Migrants' remittances: A complementary source of financing adaptation to climate change at the local level in Ghana

IJ Musah-Surugu, A Ahenkan, JN Bawole… - International Journal of …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The much-trumpeted Green Climate Fund and several other official financial
mechanisms for financing adaptation to climate change under the UN Framework …

Do labor remittance outflows retard economic growth in Qatar? Evidence from nonlinear cointegration

M Alsamara - The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper explores the effects of remittance outflows on real GDP per capita in the Qatar
economy. While few works investigated the impact of remittance outflows on economic …

The impact of remittances on the receiving country: Some evidence from Romania in European context

LM Cismaș, RI Curea-Pitorac, I Vădăsan - Economic research …, 2020 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The objective of this paper is to study the impact of remittances upon the origin
country of emigrants. In order to achieve our purpose, we have performed a quantitative …

Remittances, health insurance, and pension contributions: Evidence from Colombia

A Cuadros-Meñaca - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Pension contributions and health insurance guarantee that people withdraw from the labor
market without falling into poverty and protect individuals and their families against adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries

M Alsamara, Z Mrabet - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Most existing studies have focused on examining the impact of labor remittance outflows on
economic growth in the receiving countries, with limited attention given to the sending …

Remittance concentration and volatility: Evidence from 72 developing countries

A Hosny - International Economic Journal, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper contributes to the literature by introducing the role of geographic concentration of
the source of remittances. Specifically, using data over 2010–2015 for 72 developing …

Does economic policy uncertainty affect foreign remittances? Linear and non-linear ARDL approach in BRIC economies

RY Hussain, NK Bajaj, S Kumari… - Cogent Economics & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on foreign
remittances and whether it affects them symmetrically or asymmetrically. The ARDL model is …