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An alternative quality of life ranking on the basis of remittances

@article{Petrczy2018AnAQ,
  title={An alternative quality of life ranking on the basis of remittances},
  author={D{\'o}ra Gr{\'e}ta Petr{\'o}czy},
  journal={arXiv: General Economics},
  year={2018}
}

Dóra Gréta Petróczy

Published 2018

Economics

arXiv: General Economics

Remittances mean an important connection between people working abroad and their home countries. This paper considers these transfers as a measure of preferences revealed by the workers, underlying a ranking of countries around the world. We use the World Bank bilateral remittances data of international salaries and interpersonal transfers between 2010 and 2015 to compare European countries. The suggested least squares method implies that the ranking is invariant to country sizes and satisfies… CONTINUE READING

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