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Workers’ Remittances and the Dutch‐Disease Argument: Investigating the Relationship in Sub‐Saharan Africa.
- Source :
- African Development Review / Revue Africaine de Développement; Sep2018, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p316-324, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Abstract: Based on the Salter‐Swan‐Corden‐Dornbusch framework, which argues that capital inflows may appreciate the official exchange rate by aggravating the effects of any previously existing domestic distortions, this paper examines the claim that workers’ remittances cause the Dutch disease in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Specifically, the study investigates whether remittances cause financial overheating and spending effects. The study adopts the dynamic panel instrumental variable system generalized method of moment (IVSGMM). This study finds that although workers’ remittances cause financial overheating, they neither increase general spending nor appreciate the real exchange rate, thereby implying that workers’ remittances do not cause the Dutch disease in SSA from 1996 to 2013. These findings suggest that governments should establish diaspora incentive schemes so as to encourage remitters and recipient households’ to invest productively. Government efforts should be integral at improving the financial education for remitters and the recipient households so as to avoiding channelling overheating effects to spending effects and to the Dutch disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- REMITTANCES
DUTCH disease (Economics)
PAYMENT
DEINDUSTRIALIZATION
FINANCIAL crises
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10176772
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- African Development Review / Revue Africaine de Développement
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 131706108
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12339