Chapter 17 The Economics of Migrants' Remittances

By Hillel Rapoport, Frédéric Docquier. 2006

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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The Economics of Temporary Migrations (2016, background): “…for the Sending Country 5.1.1 Remittances The arguably most important channel by which migration affects individuals who stay behind in the origin country is via remittances, whose impacts are the subject of a large body of literature (see Rapoport and Docquier 2006, and Yang 2011, for surveys).”
Internal Labor Migration as a Shock Coping Strategy: Evidence from a Typhoon (2016, background): “…emphasizes agricultural households’ risk aversion as a major cause of rural-to-urban migration in developing countries 8For an overview of the literature on the economics of remittances, see Rapoport and Docquier (2006) for theoretical considerations and Yang (2011) for a review of evidence.”
Economics and Emigration: Trillion-Dollar Bills on the Sidewalk? (2011, background): “To a fi rst approximation, remittances are intrahousehold transfers that cross borders, and the reasons that people send remittances (Rapoport and Docquier, 2006) are broadly the same as the reasons people make other intrahousehold transfers (Laferrère and Wolff, 2006).”
Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa (2009, unknown): “If so, remittances might be expected to be positively associated with variables like 2 See Rapoport and Docquier (2006) for a survey of various theories and empirical evidence on motivations to remit.”
Remittances and temporary migration (2010, background): “…total budget for official development aid in that year.3 It is therefore not surprising that a large literature has developed on the subject, see Rapoport and Docquier (2006) for an excellent itor for constructive comments s. nn), j.mestres@ucl.ac.uk costa et al. (2006) for analysis. ttances…”
Remittances, Liquidity Constraints and Human Capital Investments in Ecuador (2009, unknown): “On the other hand, more recent empirical evidence emphasizes the role of remittances in encouraging economic growth and development by enabling recipients to overcome liquidity constraints and finance productive investments (see Rapoport and Docquier (2006), for an extensive literature review).”
Network effects and the dynamics of migration and inequality: Theory and evidence from Mexico (2007, unknown): “4 See Rapoport and Docquier (2006) for a survey of the causes and consequences of migrants' remittances. villages in Egypt, he then found that the inclusion of remittances from abroad worsens inequality.”