Holdings: Migration and Remittances: Causes and Linkages

Migration and Remittances: Causes and Linkages

The authors empirically examine the determinants of remittance flows at the cross-country level. They consider, among other things, the significance of the level of migration, the education level of migrants, and financial sector development in determining remittances. Given the potential endogeneit...

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Main Authors:	Niimi, Yoko, Özden, Çağlar
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO REMITTANCES ACCOUNTING AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES AVERAGE VALUE OF REMITTANCES BALANCE OF PAYMENT BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM CAPITAL FLOWS CITIZENS COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY SIZE CROSS-COUNTRY LEVEL DATA ON REMITTANCES DATA SETS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEPOSITS DESTINATION COUNTRY DETERMINANTS OF REMITTANCES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DURABLE GOODS ECONOMETRIC ISSUES ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC RESEARCH EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATION LEVEL EFFECTS OF REMITTANCES EMIGRANT REMITTANCES EMIGRATION EMPIRICAL WORK ERROR TERM ESTIMATION RESULTS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE VARIATIONS EXCHANGE RATES EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY REUNIFICATION FINANCIAL DEPTH FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL SECTOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATE HOME COUNTRIES HOME COUNTRY HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING IMPACT OF REMITTANCES IMPORTANCE OF REMITTANCES IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS INFLATION INFLATION RATE INFORMAL CHANNELS INFORMAL FLOWS INFORMAL REMITTANCE INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT WORKERS INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES LABOR MARKET LEVEL OF EDUCATION MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS MACROECONOMIC LEVEL MICRO DATA MICROECONOMIC ANALYSES MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE EASTERN MIGRANT MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRANT TRANSFERS MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DECISION MONEY TRANSFER MONEY TRANSFER FEES MONEY TRANSFERS NATIVE POPULATION NORTH AFRICA NUMBER OF MIGRANTS OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION SIZE POSITIVE EFFECTS PROGRESS RECIPIENT COUNTRIES RECIPIENT COUNTRY REMITTANCE REMITTANCE DATA REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE INFLOWS REMITTANCES RETURN ON INVESTMENT SEND MONEY SEND REMITTANCES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSACTIONS COSTS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION WESTERN EUROPE WORKER REMITTANCES WORKING POPULATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7255556/migration-remittances-causes-linkages http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8839

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7255556/migration-remittances-causes-linkages
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8839

Migration and Remittances: Causes and Linkages

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