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Do Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?

In: The First Decade of Living with the Global Crisis

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  • Costin-Alexandru Ciupureanu

    (The Doctoral School of The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Mihai Daniel Roman

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

Abstract

Workers’ remittances represent a lifeline for the poor, increasing income for the families left behind. They represent an important link for the study of the impact of international migration in both origin and destination countries. This paper examines the effects of remittances on poverty in Poland, Romania, Ukraine and Turkey for the period 2002–2011. The results of the panel data analysis show that per capita official international remittances significantly reduce the level and depth of poverty in the analysed countries. A 10 % increase in per capita workers’ remittances will lead to a 5.3 % decline in the share of people living on less than $2 per person per day. Due to the use of informal channels for transferring money, an important share of remittances is left unrecorded. One possible way for the policymakers to deter the use of informal channels is by further creating incentives for lowering the costs for sending money back home. Also, better data and monitoring could bolster the rate of official remittances.

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  • Costin-Alexandru Ciupureanu & Mihai Daniel Roman, 2016. "Do Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?," Contributions to Economics, in: Anastasios Karasavvoglou & Zoran Aranđelović & Srđan Marinković & Persefoni Polychronidou (ed.), The First Decade of Living with the Global Crisis, edition 1, pages 185-192, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-319-24267-5_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24267-5_13
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    Cited by:

    1. Imran Khan & Darshita Fulara Gunwant, 2023. "Is the remittance inflow to the Turkish economy sustainable? A glimpse of the future through the lens of the past," Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research, Pro Global Science Association, vol. 25(1), pages 34-51, June.
    2. Iordache Mihaela & Matei Mihaela, 2020. "Explaining Recent Romanian Migration: A Modified Gravity Model with Panel Data," Journal of Social and Economic Statistics, Sciendo, vol. 9(1), pages 46-64, August.

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