Adams, Richard H., Jr.2012-05-292012-05-292008-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6539What causes developing countries to receive different levels of international remittances? This paper addresses this question by using new data on such variables as the skill composition of migrants, poverty, and interest and exchange rates to examine the determinants of remittances. The paper finds that the skill composition of migrants does matter in remittance determination. Countries which export a larger share of high-skilled (educated) migrants receive less per capita remittances than countries which export a larger proportion of low-skilled migrants. It also finds that the level of poverty in a labor-sending country does not have a positive impact on the level of remittances received.CC BY 3.0 IGOAMOUNT OF REMITTANCESBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBALANCE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICSBANK POLICYBIASESBRAIN DRAINCAPITA REMITTANCESCIVIL UNRESTCIVIL WARCOUNTRY OF ORIGINDETERMINANTS OF REMITTANCESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDUMMY VARIABLESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC POLICYEDUCATED MIGRANTSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMIGRANT REMITTANCESEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATESEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURESEXTENDED FAMILYFAMILIESFAMILY INCOMEFAMILY MEMBERSGLOBAL DEVELOPMENTGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCEHOLDINGHOME COUNTRYHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLDSILLEGAL IMMIGRANTSIMMIGRANTSINCOME INEQUALITYINFORMAL CHANNELSINFORMAL FLOWSINFORMAL REMITTANCESINSTRUMENTINSURANCEINTEREST RATESINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEWINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINESINTERNATIONAL REMITTANCEINTERNATIONAL REMITTANCESINVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIESIRREGULAR MIGRANTSLATIN AMERICANLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVEL OF POVERTYLOW- INCOME COUNTRIESMACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTSMIGRANTMIGRANT WORKERSMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMIGRATION DATAMONETARY FUNDMONEY HOMENUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTSNUMBER OF MIGRANTSNUMBER OF PEOPLEPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOORPOOR PERSONPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION DATAPOPULATION DENSITYPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASURESPRIVATE TRANSFERSPROGRESSPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYREAL EXCHANGE RATEREAL INTERESTREAL INTEREST RATEREAL INTEREST RATESRECEIPTREGIONAL DUMMYREMITTANCEREMITTANCE DATAREMITTANCE FLOWSREMITTANCE MONIESREMITTANCESREMITTERSRESOURCE FLOWSRESPECTRETURNRETURNSRURALRURAL AREASSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONSKILL LEVELSKILLED MIGRANTSSKILLED MIGRATIONSOUTH ASIANSTOCKSSUB-SAHARAN AFRICATEMPORARY MIGRANTSTRANSACTIONTRANSACTION COSTSUNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTSUNIONURBAN AREASURBAN POPULATIONUSES OF REMITTANCESWORKERS REMITTANCESWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4583