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...

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1. Verfasser: Lueth, Erik
Weitere Verfasser: Ruiz-Arranz, Marta
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/290
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF