01610nam a22002777u 4500001001000000003000400010005001700014008004100031040000800072041000800080084001900088100002000107245007400127260008600201490004800287520079000335650001601125650001601141650001201157650001501169650001101184651001101195700003001206830006101236856003501297pwiiw3179OSt20260517120329.0130126t2013    au ||||| |||| 00| ||eng d  cOSt  aeng  aI32aD122jelc1 aDuval, Laetitia10aThe consumption-enhancing effect of remittances: Evidence from Kosovo  aWien :bWiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw),c2013.1 awiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papersv107  aIn this paper, we study the effect of remittances on the living standard of families living in Kosovo using detailed data conducted in 2010 on a sample of 4,000 households. Specifically, we focus on the impact of these transfers on welfare proxied by per capita consumption expenditure at various locations of the consumption distribution. Drawing on quantile regressions, we find that remittances significantly improve the living standard of the recipient households. The benefit of remittances is much higher among households characterized by low levels of consumption, especially when the possible endogeneity of remittances is taken into account in the estimation. Finally, we show that the positive impact of remittances on consumption has remained constant between 2000 and 2010.  aRemittances  aconsumption  apoverty  ainequality  aKosovo  aKosovo1 aWolff, François-Charles 0v107wWIIW0000140twiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers40uhttps://wiiw.ac.at/p-3179.html