ZIESEMER, Thomas H.W. - In: Eastern Journal of European Studies 3(2) (2012) December, pp. 37-59
We estimate the impact of worker remittances on savings, taxes, and public expenditures on education, all as a share of GDP, for two samples of poor and less poor countries. Remittances increase the savings ratio in both samples. Savings have an (inverted) u-shaped impact on the tax ratio in...