Table A3

Remittances and economics growth: system GMM estimation with value of remittances

Variables(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
ΔlnGDPCit–1−0.0169**−0.0171*−0.0187**−0.0174**−0.0188***
(0.0122)(0.0124)(0.0122)(0.0118)(0.0120)
LNREMITit–50.00503***0.00492***0.00478***0.00369**0.00501***
(0.00148)(0.00159)(0.00157)(0.00147)(0.00173)
LNCOMMODPXit0.0347*0.0346**0.0351**0.0338**0.0354***
(0.0189)(0.0191)(0.0189)(0.0193)(0.0188)
POLREGIMEit0.00154**0.00155***0.00143***0.00140**0.00143**
(0.000643)(0.000645)(0.000667)(0.000651)(0.000669)
LNAIDit0.0003580.0003490.0003590.0003700.000356
(0.000291)(0.000302)(0.000289)(0.000316)(0.000286)
[EXTDEBT/GDP]it−0.000289***−0.000292***−0.000353***−0.000291***−0.000357***
(0.0000843)(0.0000829)(0.0000815)(0.0000892)(0.0000819)
[FINDEVT/GDP]it−0.000577*−0.000577*−0.000673*−0.000522−0.000671*
(0.000316)(0.000318)(0.000358)(0.000333)(0.000359)
INFLit−0.0004.68−0.000393−0.000613***−0.000407−0.000608**
(0.000326)(0.000506)(0.000304)(0.000482)(0.000302)
[SAV/GDP]it–5 0.00108* −0.00209* 
 (0.000373) (0.00166) 
EDUit–5  0.000815** 0.00153*
  (0.000379) (0.00122)
[REMIT*SAV/GDP]it–5   0.000112* 
   (0.000101) 
[REMIT*EDU]it–5    0.000449**
    (0.000109)
Constant−0.203**−0.198**−0.199**−0.174*−0.204**
(0.0894)(0.0874)(0.0870)(0.0904)(0.0909)
Observations966966966966966
No. of countries2323232323

Note(s): ***, **, * denote significance at 1, 5 and 10% levels respectively, Values in ( ) are robust standard errors

Source(s): Authors, 2024

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