Determinantes macroeconómicos de las remesas en los países del DR-CAFTA

López Parra, Elibeth and Cruz-Rodríguez, Alexis (2016): Determinantes macroeconómicos de las remesas en los países del DR-CAFTA.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to examine the macroeconomic determinants of remittance flows to the countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic. Using panel data, the results indicate that migrants send remittances to this region mostly for reasons of altruism, being of main impact the variables of the host country. Also, it concludes that remittances are determined by variables that directly affect the income of migrants.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Macroeconomic determinants of remittances in the countries of DR- CAFTA
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Remittances, migration, macroeconomic variables.
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F22 - International Migration; F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F24 - Remittances; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility ; Immigrant Workers

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