Migration and foreign remittances in the Philippines /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund, Asia and Pacific Department,
2005
Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005 |
| Series: | IMF Working Papers ;
Working Paper No. 05/111 IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/111 IMF eLibrary IMF working paper ; WP/05/111 |
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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 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record Part of the IMF eLibrary collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (17 pages) : statistics 1 online resource (17 pages) 1 online resource (18 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 1-283-51534-2 1-4519-0666-8 1-4527-0879-7 1-4623-0745-0 1283515342 1451861303: 1451906668 1452708797 1462307450 6613827797 9781283515344 9781451906660 9781452708799 9781462307456 9786613827791 |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 2227-8885 |
| Access: | Restricted for use by site license Restricted for use by site license. |