This paper examines the effectiveness of remittances and official development assistance (ODA) in developing countries … remittances transferred by emigrants to their countries of origin which proved to be quite effective. We find that remittances … addition, remittances tend to be higher than ODA funds, they are absorbed by 80-90 per cent (in comparison with 50 per cent of …

sending countries are often undervalued. But migrants may foster trade, remittances, innovations, investments back home, and …

Hardly any studies have investigated the impact of migrant remittances on economic growth (EG) and inequality in the … Western Balkans as a whole (WB6). Using the method of instrumental variables (VI), the findings show that while remittances … labor market and encouraging uncontrolled individual relocation. This paper also reveals that although remittances have …

Migrants' remittances to developing countries have increased in recent decades, partly due to reduced transactions … explanation. Despite the difficulties female migrants encounter in the labor market, their total remittances may be higher and …

Analysis of remittances lies in the very centre of the scientific debate on developmental impacts of migration. On the …. On the micro level remittances may constitute the major source of income and become a means towards consumption smoothing … (migration as survival strategy). Notwithstanding, the very nature of remittances and underlying factors are still under …

114 countries during 2009-2011, we find that both having family members abroad and receiving remittances are positively … remittances are particularly beneficial for evaluative well-being in less developed and more unequal contexts; in richer countries …, only the out-migration of family members is positively associated with life evaluations, while remittances have no …

This paper aims to analyse migration and remittances in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) on the case … Ukrainian Migration Project (UMP). More specifically, it seeks to examine features and determinants of migration and remittances … receiving household. Moreover, we did not find any support for channelling remittances primarily into non-productive consumption …