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Are Remittances Good for Labor Markets in LICs, MICs and Fragile States?
We present cross-country evidence on the impact of remittances on labor market outcomes. Remittances appear to have a strong impact on both labor supply and labor demand in recipient countries. These effects are highly significant and greater in size than those of foreign direct investment or offcia...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature review; 3 Empirical assessment; 3.1 Data and methodology; 3.2 Labor demand: Unemployment and remittances; 3.3 Labor supply: Labor force participation and remittances; 3.4 Wages and inequality; 3.4.1 Do remittances lift wages?; 3.4.2 Remittances and the labor income share; 3.4.3 How does inequality evolve?; 3.4.4 Do remittances increase informality?; 3.5 Sectoral shifts; 3.6 Regional variation; 3.7 Remittances in fragile states; 4 Conclusion; 5 Appendix; 5.1 Summary statistics; 5.2 Regional country coverage; List of Tables.
- 1 Unemployment dynamics and income flows2 Dependent variable: Labor force participation rate; 3 Dependent variable: Male labor force participation rate; 4 Dependent variable: Female labor force participation rate; 5 Wage growth and remittances; 6 Change in the labor income share and remittances; 7 Determinants of market inequality; 8 Remittances and informal employment; 9 Summary statistics; 10 Regional country coverage; List of Figures; 1 Labor force participation rates
- Quantile regressions; 2 Sectoral employment impact of remittances; 3 Sectoral employment
- Quantile regressions.
- 4 Remittances and labor force participation by region5 Remittances and informal employment by region; 6 Remittances and wages by region; 7 Impact of remittances on labor force participation rates; 8 The impact of remittances on wage growth and inequality; 9 Openness and country fragility.