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Do Internal and International Remittances Matter to Health, Education and Labor of Children? The Case of Vietnam

Nguyen, Cuong; Nguyen, Hoa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Using data from Vietnam Household and Living Standard Surveys in 2006 and 2008, the paper estimates the effect of the … Vietnam. It shows that there are no statistically significant effects of receipt of remittances on school enrolment of …

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The Impact of International Remittances on Income, Work Efforts, Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from Vietnam

Nguyen, Cuong; van den Berg, Marrit; Lensink, Robert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

recent Vietnam Household and Living Standard Surveys, the paper estimates the effect of remittances on per capita income, per … Vietnam increases household income and expenditure. Yet, the study also finds evidence that international remittances may …

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Remittances, Living Arrangements, and the Welfare of the Elderly

Pfau, Wade Donald; Giang, Thanh Long - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

During a time of rapid economic transformation in Vietnam, we examine two possibilities for elderly support: living … together with children and receiving remittances. Our analysis uses four household surveys conducted in Vietnam between 1992 …, and our findings suggest that expanding the pension system in Vietnam can potentially play an important role in reducing …

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Groups Excluded from ‘Representative’ Household Surveys: An Analysis Based on Remittances Sent and Received in Vietnam

Pfau, Wade Donald - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The Vietnam Living Standard Surveys (VLSS) are supposed to be representative of the entire population in Vietnam …

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Is Stock Market Sensitive to Foreign Capital Inflows and Economic Growth? Evidence from Pakistan

Raza, Syed Ali; Jawaid, Syed Tehseen; Afshan, Sahar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This study investigates the impact of foreign capital inflows and economic growth on stock market capitalization in Pakistan by using the annual time series data from the period of 1976 to 2011. The ARDL bound testing cointegration approach confirms the valid long run relationship between...

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Workers’ Remittances and Economic Growth in South Asia

Jawaid, Syed Tehseen; Raza, Syed Ali - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This study investigates the effect of workers’ remittances on economic growth of five South Asian countries namely Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & Nepal by employing long time series data from 1975 to 2009. Cointegration results confirm that there exist significant positive long run...

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Remittances, Growth and Convergence: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries

Jawaid, Syed Tehseen; Raza, Syed Ali - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This study investigates the relationship between workers’ remittances and economic growth by using 7 years average annual data of 113 countries from the period 2003 to 2009. Results indicate the positive and significant relationship between workers’ remittances and economic growth in sample...

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Workers’ remittances and economic growth in China and Korea: an empirical analysis

Jawaid, Syed Tehseen; Raza, Syed Ali - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This study investigates the relationship between workers’ remittances and economic growth in China and Korea by employing time series data from period of 1980 to 2009. Cointegration results confirm that there exist significant positive long run relationship between remittances and economic...

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Role of Remittances in Economic Development: An Empirical Study of World’s Two Most Remittances Dependent Pacific Island Economies

Jayaraman, T. K.; Choong, Chee-Keong; Kumar, Ronald - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

In the context of the ongoing world-wide recession and the consequent dim prospects for exports from small Pacific island countries, mobilization of foreign exchange earnings assumes considerable importance. The dependency of Samoa and Tonga on inward remittances is well known, as the two...

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Impact of trade openness, remittances, capital inflows & financial development on income in Vanuatu

Kumar, Ronald R. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

In this study, using bounds approach and annual data for the period 1981-2008, the short and long-run effects of remittances and trade openness on income in Vanuatu are estimated. The results show trade openness and remittances having positive and significant effects, with no significant effects...

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