1. Dynamics of the concept of mobility for work and the role of remittances in the mobility decision -- 2. Historical … evolution and trends of the migration phenomenon and remittances -- 3. Macroeconomic determinants of remittances -- 4. The … multidimensional impact of remittances on the country of origin -- 5. Policy Implications. …

This chapter reviews the recent theoretical and empirical economic literature on migrants' remittances. It is divided … between a microeconomic section on the determinants of remittances and a macroeconomic section on their growth effects. At the … timing of remittances. The results from selected empirical studies show that a mixture of individualistic (e.g., altruism …

The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 updates the 2008 edition of the Factbook with additional data for 71 … remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration …: More than 215 million people, or 3 percent of the world population, live outside their countries of birth. Current …