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We are the wannabe economists of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. We use this blog to share out thoughts on the world economy and the rest. So...here's our musings and policy reflections.
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- Today's news make my life more interesting
- Mankiw on free trade
- Demi-tarif and reimbursement of travel expenses
- The dark birth of econometrics
- Beeronomics
- The only thing that matters is the economy....
- Economics of Love Part III - Will you marry me?
- Commitment Contracts
- Advice from Joe Stiglitz on Central Banking
- The Economics of Love-Part 2: Courtship
- Rigot Campus
- Foreign Aid and remittances
- A Note on the Euro Countries' Performance
- To Smoke or not to Smoke - Act Two
- Football, Protectionism and Economics
- How do we write a great paper ?
- Light Relief
- For the benefit of our society, right?
- Are Instrumental Variables useful for policy making?
- On the UBS letter
- A Lesson (not) Learnt from Self-Fulfilling Crisis:...
- The Economics of Love- Part 1: Dating
- Participation as a Prisoners Dilemma
- A Little Riddle
- Globalization, jobs and...laziness
- What life is all about
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2 comments:
Do remittances follow particular patterns? Maybe the remittance, as a share of earned income, decreases as the earnings of the immigrant increase. Like spending on basic food products (the poor spend a larger fraction of their income than the rich).
I had another comment: the big pro of remittances is that the money is channeled where most needed, without bureacratic interventions. Therefore, the gap between remittances and ODA money is amplified by the gap in the effectiveness rate, which is 100% for remittances and much lower (I do not know the exact numbers, though) for ODA. The big con is that the immigrant is forced to leave the family, and sometimes live a deprived life in the country of destination.
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