01656nam a22003017u 4500 pwiiw3179 OSt 20260516120107.0 130126t2013 au ||||| |||| 00| ||eng d OSt eng I32 D12 jelc Duval, Laetitia The consumption-enhancing effect of remittances: Evidence from Kosovo Wien : Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), 2013. wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers 107 In 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. Remittances consumption poverty inequality Kosovo Kosovo Wolff, François-Charles 107 WIIW0000140 wiiw Balkan Observatory Working Papers https://wiiw.ac.at/p-3179.html P z 8781 8781 0 0 0 0 BIB BIB 1 2013-01-26 pwiiw3179 0 107 1000010003179 2013-01-26 00:00:00 2019-02-05 P