Migrant remittances, financial sector development and the government ownership of banks: Evidence from a group of non-OECD economies

Cooray, Arusha

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Migrant remittances, financial sector development and the government ownership of banks: Evidence from a group of non-OECD economies

Date

2012

Authors

Cooray, Arusha

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

This study investigates the influence of migrant remittances on two dimensions of the financial sector, namely, . size and . efficiency in a sample of 94 non-OECD economies. Evidence suggests that migrant remittances contribute to increasing the size and