The widespread impacts of remittance flows
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and
Susan Pozo
IZA World of Labor, 2023, No 97v2, 97
Abstract:
Remittances have risen spectacularly in absolute terms and in relation to traditional sources of foreign exchange, such as export revenues. Remittances can improve the well-being of family members left behind and boost growth rates of receiving economies. They can also create a culture of dependency, lowering labor force participation in recipient nations, promoting conspicuous consumption, and accelerating environmental degradation. A more thorough understanding of their impacts can help formulate policies that enable developing economies to harness the most out of these monetary inflows.
Keywords: remittances; consumption smoothing; remittance policy; developing economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F24 O1 O2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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