intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple …

world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy, economic growth, gender equality, human development, research and … indicators, derived from sociological dependency and world systems theories, we also test the predictive power of several other …, brought about by migration, with huge statistical observed positive effects of received worker remittances on smart human …

, remittances are higher if close relatives live in the sending country. Finally, Vuong-tests indicate that the double-hurdle model … is the correct specification for the analysis of migrants' savings and remittances rather than the conventional Tobit …

There is considerable debate regarding the relative contribution of international migrants’ remittances to sustainable … economic development. While the rates and levels of officially recorded remittances to developing countries has increased … enormously over the last decade, academic and policy-oriented research has not come to a consensus over whether remittances …

Côte d'Ivoire is the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans, it accounts for 40% of the WAEMU's output …

We theorise that remittances to persons outside the households represent transfers to maintain social relations with … relatives and friends and charitable remittances are expenditures which foster group membership. We estimate transfer functions … as part of a larger expenditure system and calculate Engel elasticities for remittances to persons and to charities. We …

entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism. …