remittances patterns are extremely diverse and often correspond to the specific purpose of a given transfer. This paper presents a …

In this article I have presented the kernel of the migration literature on remittances. I started from their three most … debated features: stability, cyclicality and sustainability. I then moved to the motives driving remittances and, finally … riskier and more productive investments, ‘substituting’ their liquidity constraints with pro-cyclical remittances. On the …

large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross … than characteristics of their family situations explains much of the higher remittances …

transformation of advanced economies, the remittances migrants send home have been touted as the most promising means of national … and social evidence demonstrates that remittances deepen economic exploitation, unravel societal stability, and … control and marginalize low-wage migrant workers, especially women and youth. Ness asserts that remittances do not bring …

large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross … than characteristics of their family situations explains much of the higher remittances. -- Remittances ; Migration ; Brain …