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

How do households respond to overseas members' economic shocks? Overseas Filipinos in
dozens of countries experienced sudden, heterogeneous changes in exchange rates during …

The first text that specifically links both international and internal migration with development
at a global level. The world is divided into a series of functionally integrated development …

This study investigates the role of remittances and financial development on economic
growth in a panel of 36 countries in Africa over the period 1980–2009. It uses a panel …

This work examines the role played by the state and private sectors in organizing labour
migration, and the economic and social issues raised by such migration policies and …

This paper examines the impact of workers' remittances on growth and poverty reduction in
developing Asia-Pacific countries using panel data over the period 1993-2003. The results …

For more than a quarter of a century there has been substantial emigration from the smaller
island states of the Pacific to metropolitan fringe states, mainly the United States, New …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on workers' remittances. Based on the empirical
evidence, we are able to assess the facts and myths about the determinants and …

There is concern that Pacific island economies dependent on remittances of migrants will
endure foreign exchange shortages and declining living standards as remittance levels drop …

The impact of remittances on income inequality constitutes a keenly debated topic in the
development literature. Yet, a consensus still has not evolved on the issue. This paper …