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AuthorAlsamara, Mouyad
Available date2023-01-17T06:57:08Z
Publication Date2022
Publication NameQuarterly Review of Economics and Finance
ResourceScopus
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2021.11.002
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/38502
AbstractThis paper explores the effects of remittance outflows on real GDP per capita in the Qatar economy. While few works investigated the impact of remittance outflows on economic growth for remitting countries, they did not examine the potential asymmetric impact on economic growth. This study fills this gap by examining the asymmetric impacts of remittance outflows on real GDP per capita and non-oil real GDP per capita in Qatar over the period 2000:Q1-2019:Q4. The empirical estimation is based on an advanced econometrics technique, namely the nonlinear autoregressive distributed lags (NARDL) proposed by Shin et al. (2014). The empirical findings reveal that remittances outflows have negative and significant impact on real GDP per capita in Qatar economy. In particular, positive changes of remittance outflows exert a greater impact on non-oil real GDP per capita than negative changes. A larger increase in remittance outflows would lead to a decrease in the aggregate demand and produce a deflationary pressure. The magnitude of remittance outflows and their asymmetric impact are extremely important outcomes that should be considered by policy makers in this regard. Thus, specific national polices are needed to create a diversified labor market, encourage foreign workers' spending, and increase the local workers' participation in the economy. 2021
SponsorThis Paper was made possible by NPRP grant ( NPRP12S-0311-190314 ) from the Qatar National Research Fund. The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the author(s).
Languageen
PublisherElsevier
SubjectNon-oil real GDP
Nonlinear ARDL
Remittance outflows
TitleDo labor remittance outflows retard economic growth in Qatar? Evidence from nonlinear cointegration
TypeArticle
Pagination1-9
Volume Number83
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