International business cycles and remittance flows
Cooray, Arusha and Mallick, Debdulal 2013, International business cycles and remittance flows, B.E. journal of macroeconomics, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-33, doi: 10.1515/bejm-2013-0030.
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International business cycles and remittance flows
In this paper, we study the macroeconomic determinants of remittance flows. We place particular attention to fluctuations in remittance flows over the international business cycles. Estimating a dynamic panel data model using the system-GMM method over the period 1970–2007, we document that remittance inflows decrease with home country volatility. Contrarily, remittance inflows increase with the volatility in host countries, especially for middle-income countries. Lower interest rates in host countries lead to larger remittance outflows. Trade and capital account openness are the most important factors that determine both remittance inflows and outflows. We conclude that macroeconomic factors of both home and host countries are important for understanding remittance flows.
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