Do international remittances cause Dutch disease?

Edsel Beja

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Abstract: Dutch disease is a condition whereby a booming export sector along with a concomitant strengthening of the non-tradable sector cause a deterioration in the rest of the tradable sector. Regression analysis finds that Dutch disease due to international remittances appears to afflict the developing countries more than the upper income countries. Developing countries, however, can inoculate their economies with policies that strengthen the domestic economy and facilitate structural change to keep the disease from setting in.

Keywords: Dutch disease; international remittances (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A20 E60 E65 F10 F15 F20 F24 F36 F59 L52 O24 O25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-06-01
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