A Gravity Model of Workers' Remittances /
This paper creates the first dataset of bilateral remittance flows for a limited set of developing countries and estimates a gravity model for workers' remittances. We find that most of the variation in bilateral remittance flows can be explained by a few gravity variables. The evidence on the...
| Main Author: | Lueth, Erik |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Ruiz-Arranz, Marta |
| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2006.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2006/290 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
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