Worker remittances and government behaviour in the receiving countries
We estimate the impact of worker remittances on savings, taxes, and public expenditures on education, all as a share of GDP, for two samples of poor and less poor countries. Remittances increase the savings ratio in both samples. Savings have an (inverted) u-shaped impact on the tax ratio in poor (r...
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| Language: | English |
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Eastern Journal of European Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2012_0302_ZIE.pdf |