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Remittances, Remittance Concentration, and Volatility: Is Africa Different from the Middle East?

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This paper makes a new contribution to the empirical literature on the macroeconomic consequences of remittances using data over 1970-2015 period for 56 African and Middle Eastern countries to study the impact of (i) large remittance inflows and (ii) high concentration of origin of remittance on the volatilities of real GDP growth, exports-to-GDP ratio, nominal exports growth and nominal exchange rate depreciation. We find that (i) large remittances can reduce all types of volatility, especially in African countries, and (ii) high remittance concentration, by itself, has been associated with higher volatilities in African but not Middle Eastern countries, and that having both high remittances, but also high concentration aggravates all types of volatility in both regions, although results for the Middle East are not always conclusive.

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  • Amr Hosny, 2019. "Remittances, Remittance Concentration, and Volatility: Is Africa Different from the Middle East?," Business and Economic Research, Macrothink Institute, vol. 9(3), pages 114-133, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:mth:ber888:v:9:y:2019:i:3:p:114-133
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    Keywords

    Remittances; Volatility; Remittance concentration; Africa; Middle East;
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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations

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