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Commentary on session III: U.S.-Mexico remittances: recent trends and measurement issues
Abstract: Summary and discussion of the three papers in this session: "Leveraging remittances for development" by Dilip Ratha; "Remittances and their microeconomic impacts: evidence from Latin America" by Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes; and "The relationship between international migration, trade, and development: some paradoxes and findings" by J. Edward Taylor. ; The rest of this commentary explores recent trends in U.S.-Mexico remittances, explaining how they are measured and comparing them with forecasts of remittances based on an econometric model and with trends in other developing countries.
Keywords: Emigration and immigration; International trade; Economic development; Developing countries; Emigrant remittances; Econometric models; Mexico;
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Part of Series: Proceedings
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 213-222