Arbeitspapier

Worker Remittances and Capital Flows to Developing Countries

Worker remittances constitute an increasingly important mechanism for the transfer of resources from developed to developing countries, and remittances are the second-largest source, behind foreign direct investment, of external funding for developing countries. Yet, literature on worker remittances has so far focused mainly on the impact of remittances on income distribution within countries, on the determinants of remittances at a micro-level, or on the effects of migration and remittances for specific countries or regions. The focus of this paper is thus on four questions: First, how important are worker remittances to developing countries in quantitative terms? Second, what are the determinants driving worker remittances? Third, how volatile are worker remittances to developing countries? Fourth, are remittances correlated to other capital flows?

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 04-31

Classification
Wirtschaft
Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
International Migration
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Subject
remittances
capital flows
developing countries
Gastarbeiterüberweisung
Internationale Kapitalmobilität
Schätzung
Welt
Entwicklungsländer

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Kuckulenz, Anja
Buch, Claudia M.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2004

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Kuckulenz, Anja
  • Buch, Claudia M.
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Time of origin

  • 2004

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