CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Cepulis, Arvydas |
|---|---|
| Title | Development through migration and remittances: the impact on inequality |
| Summary | Over the last few years, remittances have become one of the key phenomena in global finance, profoundly affecting developing countries. This study takes an in-depth look and analyzes how the existing research sees the flows of remittances and their consequences on development. The impact on inequality, taking into consideration the effects that remittances have on economic, social, global and gender inequities, is the main concern in this thesis. However, due to the fact that other factors are related to the topic, the outcomes of remittances on economic growth and poverty are also discussed. On analyzing the existing research, my findings show that migration selectivity has an important role in the impacts of the remittances on inequality. However, it is shown that other aspects, such as the stage of migration and the level of development of migrant sending country also influence the remittance-inequality relations. Furthermore, it is found that remittances play a role in increasing gender equality by, for instance, helping women gain new roles. After looking at the more global perspective, it is discovered that global inequality can be reduced using remittances as a substitute for skilled emigrants in cases such as ‘educated unemployment’ in home countries. The paper then concludes with some policy options. It suggests that governments and international organizations should put more effort in counting money sent through informal channels and encourage migrants to use formal ones |
| Supervisor | Matejskova, Tatiana |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/cepulis_arvydas.pdf |
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