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Global Connections: Examining the Role of Remittances in Economic development

Journal of Social and Economic Statistics
Volume 12 (2023): Issue 2 (December 2023)
By: Mihaela Iordache,  Mihaela Matei and  Emilia Țiţan  
Open Access
|Feb 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jses-2023-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2285-388X
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Language: English
Page range: 53 - 71
Published on: Feb 2, 2024
Published by: Bucharest University of Economic Studies
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
emigration,
remittances,
economic development
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Business management,
Business management, other,
Mathematics and statistics for economists,
Statistics,
Econometrics

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