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Remittances: International Payments by Migrants
Overview Immigrants seeking economic opportunities often send money - referred to as remittances - home to their families. This paper reviews the available data on remittances from immigrants in the United States. It describes the population of remittance senders, the motivations that lead workers to send remittances and the channels that they use, and the economic effects of remittances in the United States and recipient countries.
| Publisher | Congressional Budget Office | File Format | |
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| Date Published | May 2005 | Downloads | 7 |
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