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?
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 04-31
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
International Migration
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- Subject
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remittances
capital flows
developing countries
Gastarbeiterüberweisung
Internationale Kapitalmobilität
Schätzung
Welt
Entwicklungsländer
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Kuckulenz, Anja
Buch, Claudia M.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
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Mannheim
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2004
- Handle
- Last update
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05.12.20252027, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Kuckulenz, Anja
- Buch, Claudia M.
- Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Time of origin
- 2004