@workingpaper{Ssozi2014,
title = {The Effects of Remittances on Output per Worker in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Production Function Approach},
author = {Simplice Asongu A John Ssozi},
editor = {African 2014 Governance and Development Institute WP/27/14},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/The-Effects-of-Remittances-on-Output-per-Worker-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa(1).pdf},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-08-01},
abstract = {This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect
output per worker in 31 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that
remittances directly increase output per worker if complemented with education. The indirect
effects vary with the economic characteristics of the recipient nations: while remittances have
increased human capital among the low-income nations, among the upper-middle-income
nations, they have mostly increased total factor productivity, but are still inversely related to
factor inputs among the lower-middle-income nations of SSA. Finally, remittances are more
effective when institutional risk is reducing.},
keywords = {output per worker, remittances, Sub-Saharan Africa, Total Factor Productivity},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {workingpaper}
}