Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/279480 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Publisher: 
ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel, Hamburg
Abstract: 
This article has investigated the effect of economic uncertainty on the remittances sent by migrants residing in developed countries to their home countries. The analysis builds on the economic uncertainty index developed by Ahir et al. (2018, 2019, 2022) that reflects the uncertainty related to economic and political events, regarding both near-term and long term concerns. It has revealed that economic uncertainty has deleterious effects on remittances outflows from developed countries, especially when it reaches high levels. This finding indicates that developing countries will suffer from reduced remittances inflows if the current fragmentation of the world were to become protracted, and result in higher barriers to the movement of capital and people.
Subjects: 
Economic Uncertainty
Remittances Outflows
Developed Countries
JEL: 
E30
F24
Document Type: 
Preprint

Files in This Item:
File
Size
296.2 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.