This paper examines the volatility of remittance flows to Pakistan using the ARCH model. We find overall remittances to be stable, whereas those from the Middle East and North America are relatively volatile, owing to fluctuations in the output of the host economies and the migrants' profile....

The paper studies symptoms of Dutch disease in the Pakistani economy arising from international remittances. An IV Bayesian analysis is carried out to take care of the endogeneity and uncertainty due to the managed float of Pakistani Rupee. We find evidence for both spending and resource...

This study examines asset accumulation patterns of the recipients of foreign and domestic remittances. Using the representative 2010-11 Pakistani households’ survey and employing a number of matching routines, we analyse stocks of consumer, productive, housing and financial assets among...