Workers' remittances and import demand in Pakistan

Workers' remittances and import demand in Pakistan

Using quarterly data for the period 1975-2004, this paper estimates import functions for Pakistan both at the aggregate and disaggregated levels. Findings show that remittances do have a significant impact on the demand for imports in the aggregate equation, with the elasticity for remittances being...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Philippine Review of Business and Economics Vol. XLII, No. 2 (December 2005), p. [127]-137.
Main Authors: Zaman, Khair-uz (Author), Imrani, Nazakat Ali (Author)
Format: Analytics
Language:English
Published: 2005.
Subjects:
Migrant remittances > Pakistan.
Imports > Pakistan.
Online Access:https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9