• closedAccess   Blessing or curse: The stabilizing role of remittances compared with other financial flows 

      Ahmed, Junaid; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada SAGE Publications (2016)
      Flows of remittances to Pakistan are being increasingly viewed as a relatively attractive source of external finance, which can help to foster development and manage economic shocks. Remittances have become a major source ...
    • openAccess   Do Transfer Costs Matter for Foreign Remittances? A Gravity Model Approach 

      Ahmed, Junaid; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Kiel Institute for the World Economy (2016)
      Using bilateral data on remittance flows to Pakistan for 23 major host countries, this is the first study that examines the effect of transaction costs on foreign remittances. The authors find that the effect of transaction ...
    • openAccess   Gravity of Covid-19 

      Masood, Amjad; Ahmed, Junaid; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Economics Bulletin (2022-02-20)
      In this study, we analyze the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on bilateral trade using monthly data from January to June 2020. Imports of the OECD member states are analyzed using a structural gravity model of trade ...
    • openAccess   Sending money home: Transaction cost and remittances to developing countries 

      Ahmed, Junaid; Mughal, Mazhar; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Wiley (2021)
      Reducing the cost of remitting is one of the targets within the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 10). A key factor that causes migrants to use informal channels when sending money back home is the high cost of ...
    • openAccess   They earn and send; we spend: consumption patterns of Pakistani migrant households 

      Ahmed, Junaid; Mughal, Mazhar; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Emerald (2018)
      Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze differential consumption patterns of Pakistani migrant households resulting from foreign and domestic remittances. Design/methodology/approach Using the Working-Leser ...