International Remittance Payments and the Global Economy

List of contents

1. The Evolution of Remittances, 1980-2009 2. How Remittances Affect the Remaining Residents of the Labor Sending Country: A Theoretical Presentation 3. A Regional Summary of Remittances in Developing Countries, 1980-2010 4. Remittance Behavior in Developed Regions of the World, 1980-2010 5. Motivation for Sending Remittances and Motivation for Migration: Have We Integrated Them? A Look Through Last Three Decades 6. Remittances, Family, and the Decision to Migrate 7. The Gap between the Actual Amount and the Recorded Amount of Remittances: Its Evolution over the years 8. Causes of Aggregate Remittances in Developing, Emerging, and Advanced Economies

About the author

Dr. Bharati Basu is a professor in the Department of Economics at Central Michigan University
James T. Bang is assistant professor in the Department of Finance, Economics and Decision Science, St Ambrose University, USA

Summary

In this new book, Bharati Basu seeks to answer some of the important questions surrounding international remittance payments, defined as flows of funds from the emigrants to the non-emigrants in a country that experiences outflows of workers.

Product details

• Authors: James T. Bang, Bang James T., Basu, Bharati Basu, Bharati (Central Michigan University Basu, Bharati Bang Basu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138376953
• ISBN: 978-1-138-37695-3
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy; Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Politics & government, International Economics, Political Economy, Politics and government, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade