In this paper, I measure the importance of remittances and financial development for developing countries. I estimate … channel for remittances to affect economic growth. The index brings together information from existing measures, reflecting … the more financial development in a country, the smaller becomes the impact of remittances on economic growth and it can …

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between remittances, financial sector development, and … are bound together in the long-run. The results also showed that remittances have a negative and significant effect on … of complementarity between remittances and financial sector development in influencing economic growth. In addition …

development in the remittances-inclusive growth relationship. First, evidence based on the system GMM estimator shows that … remittances are not statistically significant in promoting inclusive growth in Africa. Notably, across the economic growth and … income inequality dimensions of inclusive growth, we find that although remittances are ineffective in boosting the former …

This study investigates the impact of remittances on credit markets in Senegal. The findings show that remittances and … credit markets are complements; namely, the receipt of remittances increases the likelihood of having a loan in a household …. This result is robust after controlling for the potential endogeneity of remittances through household fixed effects and an …

This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 … Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if … remittances have increased human capital among the low-income nations, among the upper-middle-income nations, they have mostly …

unresolved issue, namely whether remittances increase or decrease with migrants' level of education. The determinants of … remittances considered include migration levels and rates, migrants' education level, and source countries' income, financial … in the few existing studies on this topic. Our main finding is that remittances decrease with the share of migrants with …

migrants send home. This paper examines whether remittances actually increase with migrants' education level. The determinants … of remittances it considers include migration levels or rates, migrants' education level, and source countries' income … considered in the few studies on this topic. Our main finding is that remittances decrease with the share of migrants with …

This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 … Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if … remittances have increased human capital among the low-income nations, among the upper-middle-income nations, they have mostly …

This study investigates the impact of remittances on credit markets in Senegal. The findings show that remittances and … credit markets are complements; namely, the receipt of remittances increases the likelihood of having a loan in a household …. This result is robust after controlling for the potential endogeneity of remittances through household fixed effects and an …