Semantic Scholar Open Access 2005 1464 sitasi

Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth

Paola Giuliano Marta Ruiz-Arranz

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Despite the increasing importance of remittances in total international capital flows, the relationship between remittances and growth has not been adequately studied. This paper studies one of the links between remittances and growth, in particular how local financial sector development influences a country's capacity to take advantage of remittances. Using a newly-constructed dataset for remittances covering about 100 developing countries, we find that remittances boost growth in countries with less developed financial systems by providing an alternative way to finance investment and helping overcome liquidity constraints. This finding controls for the endogeneity of remittances and financial development, does not depend on the particular measure of financial sector development used, and is robust to a number of robustness tests, including threshold estimation. We also provide evidence that there could be an investment channel trough which remittances can promote growth especially when the financial sector does not meet the credit needs of the population.

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Economics

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Paola Giuliano

Marta Ruiz-Arranz

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Giuliano, P., Ruiz-Arranz, M. (2005). Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JDEVECO.2008.10.005

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Lihat di Sumber doi.org/10.1016/J.JDEVECO.2008.10.005

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Tahun Terbit: 2005
Bahasa: en
Total Sitasi: 1464×
Sumber Database: Semantic Scholar
DOI: 10.1016/J.JDEVECO.2008.10.005
Akses: Open Access ✓