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A Note on the Labor Market Effects of Remittances in L atin A merican and C aribbean Countries: Do Thresholds Exist?
Author(s) -
Jackman Mahalia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the developing economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1746-1049
pISSN - 0012-1533
DOI - 10.1111/deve.12034
Subject(s) - unemployment , economics , remittance , demographic economics , sample (material) , monetary economics , labour economics , macroeconomics , chemistry , chromatography , economic growth
The labor market effects of remittances have long been examined in the empirical literature. To date, the results have been mixed: some authors observe a negative association between remittances and unemployment while others report that remittances increase unemployment. This study empirically examines the impact of remittances on unemployment using macroeconomic data for a sample of 18 L atin A merican and C aribbean countries. Specifically, the study tests whether there is a nonlinear relationship between the variables. Results suggest that when the remittance‐to‐ GDP ratio is low, remittances have a positive and significant impact on unemployment. However, as they increase, remittances are negatively associated with unemployment. This suggests the possibility that estimations based on the assumption of a linear relationship between remittances and labor may mask the true relationship between the variables.

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