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 …

that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes … dollars from U.S. migrant remittances appear to enable families to further educate their daughters. Thus, policymakers should …

. In turn, migrants' decisions separate returning home from onward migration to a third country. We find that … to the predictions of the traditional model of migration, based on self-selection, migrants returning home are positively … selected relative to migrants emigrating to other countries. We also find that immigrants from a country outside the EU27/EFTA …

focusing on the migration rate, remittances, population growth and secondary school enrolment. This has not received adequate … attention in the literature, as many papers have primarily focused on the impact of remittances on economic growth. Design …/methodology/approach Leveraging on the macro-level approach to migration, remittances and the economy, this research considers the nexus among the …

migrants from 84 countries in order to develop an empirical model for the propensity by migrants to remit. Our model takes into … for theoretical models which predict different remittance time paths between return and permanent migrants …

Using a recent Spanish database, we show that remittances respond to cross country differences in portfolio values … we would expect given migrants' diverse backgrounds and motives for emigrating. Additionally, remitting patterns change … over time with the length of the migration spell, suggesting that remittances sent for portfolio motives become more likely …

migrants from 84 countries in order to develop an empirical model for the propensity by migrants to remit. Our model takes into … for theoretical models which predict different remittance time paths between return and permanent migrants. -- Migration … ; Remittances ; German Socio Economic Panel …

Using a recent Spanish database, we show that remittances respond to cross country differences in portfolio values … we would expect given migrants' diverse backgrounds and motives for emigrating. Additionally, remitting patterns change … over time with the length of the migration spell, suggesting that remittances sent for portfolio motives become more likely …

-contained chapters that contribute to the understanding of the performance of migrants in the host society and the impact of migrants on … decades, it is important to know both how migrants integrate into the host countries and how immigration affects natives …

The U.S. is the largest source country of remittances with an outflow of more than $70 billion estimated for 2016 … determinants of remittances originating from the United States for a diverse set of approximately 3,800 households with at least … 0.20-0.30. Remittances are more responsive to earnings in households with more adult women relative to men. …