Migration and Foreign Remittances in the Philippines

June 1, 2005

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Robert M Burgess, and V. Haksar Migration and Foreign Remittances in the Philippines, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed September 18, 2024

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Summary

International migration and large remittance flows have been prominent features of the Philippine economy for many decades. This paper describes the evolving pattern of migration and remittance flows and analyzes some of the channels through which remittances affect economic activity. The empirical evidence does not clearly support the purported short-term stabilizing effect on consumption of remittance flows. Furthermore, as in other countries, the longer term economic effect of such flows is ambiguous.

Subject: Capital inflows, Consumption, Disposable income, Income, Remittances

Keywords: Remittance, WP

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17
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Working Paper No. 2005/111
Stock No:

WPIEA2005111
ISBN:

9781451861303
ISSN:

1018-5941

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