An alternative quality of life ranking on the basis of remittances

作者: Dóra Gréta Petróczy

DOI: 10.1016/J.SEPS.2021.101042

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摘要: Remittances provide an essential connection between people working abroad and their home countries. This paper considers these transfers as a measure of preferences revealed by the workers, underlying ranking countries around world. In particular, we use World Bank bilateral remittances data international salaries interpersonal 2010 2015 to compare European The suggested least squares method has favourable axiomatic properties. Our reveals crucial aspect quality life may become alternative various composite indices.

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