Business cycles and workers' remittances; how do migrant workers respond to cyclical movements of GDP at home?

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dc.citation.issueNumber52en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumberWP - 06en_US
dc.contributor.authorSayan, S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-13T16:17:42Z
dc.date.available2019-02-13T16:17:42Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.description.abstractWorkers' remittances are often argued to have a tendency to move countercyclically with the GDP in recipient countries since migrant workers are expected to remit more during down cycles of economic activity back home. Yet, how much to remit is a complex decision involving other factors, and different variables driving remittance behavior are differently affected by the state of economic activity over the business cycle. This paper investigates the behavior of workers' remittances flows into 12 developing countries over their respective business cycles during 1976-2003 and finds that countercyclicality of receipts is not commonly observed across these countries.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.5089/9781451863123.001en_US
dc.identifier.issn1018-5941
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/49470
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherInternational Monetary Funden_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451863123.001en_US
dc.source.titleIMF Working Papersen_US
dc.subjectConsumptionen_US
dc.subjectBusiness cyclesen_US
dc.subjectWorkers remittancesen_US
dc.titleBusiness cycles and workers' remittances; how do migrant workers respond to cyclical movements of GDP at home?en_US
dc.typeBook Chapteren_US

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