Remittances and COVID-19: A Tale of Two Countries

Federico Mandelman and Diego Vilán
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Policy Hub, 2020, vol. 2020, issue 12, 11

Abstract: Looking at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers’ remittances flowing from the United States, this article focuses on the experiences of two countries, El Salvador and Mexico, which account for approximately 30 percent of all immigrants currently residing in the United States. Following the second quarter’s economic lockdown, transfers to these countries experienced perplexing dynamics. Specifically, remittances to El Salvador witnessed a record 40 percent sudden drop, while Mexico recorded an unexpected 35 percent increase. We discuss some of the narratives proposed to explain this puzzling evidence and propose some alternative hypotheses.

Keywords: Remittances; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F40 F41 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.29338/ph2020-12

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