Economic and social remittances
The economic side of social remittances: how money and ideas circulate between Paris, Dakar, and New York
... that economic remittances bolster the circulation of social ...and economic practices, and notably to remit money back home. These economic transfers contribute to the maintenance of ...
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Social remittances and migration (sub)-cultures in contemporary Poland
... Nonetheless, as the figures in Bieńkowska et al. (2010) make clear, the majority of Wrocław migrants go abroad to work, not to study, and share many common features with labour migrants from other parts of the region. In ...
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Migrant remittances and their impact on the economic development of the Baltic States
... process, social remittances are not well studied; there is no meas- urable indicators for making a reliable analysis with strong ...account social remittances but just mention them as one of ...
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Social remittances and the changing transnational political landscape
... “ social remittances ” was coined over fifteen years ago to capture the notion that, in addition to money, migration also entails the circulation of ideas, practices, skills, identities, and social ...
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Essays on the economic consequences of remittances
... of remittances on growth in the following ...of remittances on ...of remittances on economic ...for remittances, covering the longest period available and a broad set of developing ...
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Economic crisis impact on Remittances and Migration level in Albania
... of remittances are also used to organize important household/social events (such as weddings, baptisms, funerals, ...of remittances are used to invest in economic activities, mainly in ...
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Economic Impact of Remittances: Does it matter how they are sent?
... of remittances through formal and informal channels, we assume that remittances through formal channels are equal to the amount of remittances through informal ...of remittances for H FR as ...
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Financial development, remittances and economic growth: A threshold analysis
... and remittances for the period 1984 to ...while remittances increased by ...in economic growth was attributed to the rebasing of the economy coupled with additional revenue from oil exploration that ...
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The Effect of Migrant Remittances on Economic Growth: an ARDL Approach
... the economic growth of ...the economic growth in Pakistan to decrease by ...send remittances to home countries to sustain their families’ daily expenses and migrant families use these ...
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Do Remittances Reach Households Living in Unfavorable Climate Areas? Evidence from the Republic of Yemen
... receive remittances as households in urban areas in most cases, but they tend to receive lower amounts, as ...receiving remittances, and a lower amount of remittances received – the effects tend to ...
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Overseas Filipino workers, remittances and sustainability: a study of Filipino migrant workers in Papua New Guinea : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... This returns us to the thesis question for this study: "Do migrant workers transform part of their remittances into some form of economic activity to make their economic benefits receive[r] ...
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Children Youth and Migration
... jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child's or his or her parent's or legal guardian's race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social ...
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The Use of Remittances and Financial Inclusion
... mainly involved in the remittance marketplace as agents of major international MTOs. Yet, only a few of them are leveraging their comparative advantages to provide complementary transaction accounts, like savings and ...
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“Careers” Transnational Links: The Ambivalence of Immigrant Remittances
... Remittances have a value that goes beyond their economic significance, symbolizing the persistence of real connection and parental responsibility. Remittances give way to emigration. However, in many ...
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Migration as Cultural Capital: The Ongoing Dependence on Overseas Filipino Workers
... different social locations, and in some cases determine life’s ...view remittances and their migration circumstances and their role in the global ...
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Role of Remittances in Economic Development: An Empirical Study of World’s Two Most Remittances Dependent Pacific Island Economies
... of remittances facilitated by financial sector development and GDP during this ...higher economic growth (King and Levine 1993; Beck, Levine and Loyaza 2000; and Levine, Loayza and Beck ...as ...
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Volatility of Remittances to Pakistan: What do the Data Tell?
... the remittances to Pakistan are relatively ...diverse economic conditions of the sending countries and the varied socioeconomic profile of the Pakistani ...country’s economic managers on this ...
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The Effect of Remittances on Economic Growth in Ethiopia: A Time Series Analysis (1980/81-2017/18)
... economy, remittances represent one of the major international flows of financial ...workers’ remittances in the balance of payments best represents what economists have in mind when modeling ...and ...
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Remittances - The Importance of Them
... of remittances at that time were carried out personally by immigrants themselves, without the use of transfer agencies or ...and economic disruption that took place in 1997, the Albanian economy soon ...
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Migration and remittances: A theoretical perspective
... paper, remittances are used to refer to money and/or the value of goods that migrants send to their family in the rural ...of remittances can either be internal or external. Internal remittances flow ...
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