In this paper we review the current state of literature on the determinants of remittances
since it is important to understand remittance flows from a policy perspective since they …

There is no consensus in the literature regarding the long-run impact of remittances on
economic growth. Previous studies have shown that it might be related to financial …

Creating the European monetary union between diverse and unequal nation states is
arguably one of the biggest social experiments in history. This book offers an explanation of …

By putting together a relatively large data set on bilateral remittances of emigrants, this
paper is able to shed light on the important hypothesis of smoothing. The smoothing …

Reducing the cost of remitting is one of the targets within the 2030 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDG 10). A key factor that causes migrants to use informal channels when sending …

Due to the impact of COVID-19, it is important now more than ever to analyze the
relationship between the improvement in digitization and the flow of remittances in order to …

We examine the impact on the UK economy of the flow of workers from ten East European
countries after their accession to the European Union. We find evidence that those most …

Migration and remittances have always been an exciting arena of research for economists
around the globe. Remittance flows have evolved as a significant economic variable over …

Für die vierte Auflage dieses Buches wurden alle empirischen Anwendungen aktualisiert.
Auch in den Kapiteln, die sich auf die Datengrundlage der empirischen Wirtschaftsforschung …

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both
theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level …