Remittances, Transaction Costs, and Informality
Recorded workers' remittances to developing countries reached $167 billion in 2005, bringing increasing attention to these flows as a potential tool for development. In this paper, we explore the determinants of remittances and their associated transaction costs. We find that recorded remittanc...
Main Authors: | Freund, Caroline, Spatafora, Nikola |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5754 |
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