Essays about: "Remittance"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 50 essays containing the word Remittance.

  1. 26. Remittances and welfare in Tajikistan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Rodolfo Eduardo Herrera Martinez; [2015]
    Keywords : Tajikistan; school enrollment; inequality; poverty; remittances; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In many developing countries, migration and remittances have become an important option for households facing poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunities. This raises the question of how effective this strategy is in improving welfare in countries sending migrants abroad and receiving remittances back. READ MORE

  3. 27. Remittances, Gender and Skills : Evidence from Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

    Author : Petya Petrova; [2015]
    Keywords : Remittances; Female Migrants; Skilled Migrants; Europe and Central Asia Region;

    Abstract : This paper aims to investigate the relationship between remittance flows and the gender and skill characteristics of the migrants. By using annual data on bilateral migration and bilateral remittances between 20 OECD sending countries and 22 receiving countries from Europe and Central Asia over the period 2010-2012, a gravity model, incorporating the share of female- and the share of skilled migrants, is estimated. READ MORE

  4. 28. Migration, Remittances and Education: A Review of the Educational Performance of Left-behind Children in Rural China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Keqin Zhu; [2015]
    Keywords : Parental migration; Rural-urban; China; Remittance; Left-behind children; Educational performance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The massive rural-urban population flow has been proceeding in China for decades ever since the 1980s. Millions of labor migrants move to industrialized cities for a better future for themselves, as well as their families. The increasing amount of migrants has led to the phenomenon of the “left-behind”. READ MORE

  5. 29. Remittances and Gender Equality. The role of remittances in reducing gender inequality in migrants’ countries of origin

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jamilya Karabaeva; [2014-11-21]
    Keywords : gender inequality; gender equality; gender gap; remittances; migrants; patriarchy; discrimination;

    Abstract : The current thesis attempts to address an existing gap in the academic literature on the potential role of remittances in reducing gender inequality in migrants’ countries of origin with the use of quantitative methods. Theoretical framework is built on scholarly explanations of the reasons preventing women from achieving equal status with men in the present age and the review of the existing research on the relationship between remittances and gender equality. READ MORE

  6. 30. Remittances, Moral Hazard and Monitoring: A Study on the Effects of Microfinance Institutions' Monitoring on Opportunistic Remittance Receivers

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Sara Bivebäck; Nga Nguyen; [2014]
    Keywords : remittances; moral hazard; monitoring; labor supply; microfinance;

    Abstract : The canonical tradeoff between risks and incentives is in this study applied in a new setting: between a migrant and her relatives remaining at home. Receiving monetary remittances (private cash or in kind transfers) from the migrant reduces the risk of income shortfalls, which simultaneously creates disincentives for the receivers at home to work. READ MORE