Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/55260 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2012-8
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper studies the remittances' effect on economic growth. Using panel data techniques, the authors estimate several specifications to provide support of such relationship for MENA countries over the period 1980-2009. The findings provide new robust evidence on how remittances are used in MENA countries and show the main channels which may interfere in this process. Estimation outcomes show that the most important part of remittances is consumed and that remittances stimulate growth only when they are invested. Moreover, empirical results suggest that remittances can enhance growth by encouraging human capital accumulation. Human capital is therefore an effective channel through which remittances stimulate growth in MENA countries.
Subjects: 
Workers' remittances
economic growth
panel data
MENA zone
JEL: 
E21
F21
G22
J61
O16
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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