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BEA’s Measures of Workers’ Remittances and Transfers through Charitable Organizations

Explore BEA’s methodology of estimating worker remittances and charitable transfers, including numerical examples and key factors used in the estimation process. Learn how BEA collects data and conducts surveys to analyze these monetary flows.

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BEA’s Measures of Workers’ Remittances and Transfers through Charitable Organizations

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  1. BEA’s Measures of Workers’ Remittances and Transfers through Charitable Organizations Michael Mann Chief, Current Account Services Branch Balance of Payments Division Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

  2. BEA’s Measures of Workers’ Remittances and Transfers through Charitable Organizations • Workers’ Remittances – a numerical example of BEA’s estimation methodology and source data • Transfers through charitable organizations - mostly based on BEA’s BE-40 Survey www.bea.gov

  3. Workers’ Remittances • BEA estimates workers’ remittances by multiplying three factors: • Stock of foreign-born population (S) • Mean family income (M) • Propensity to remit reflecting the average proportion of income remitted (P) www.bea.gov

  4. Factors Arranged by the Following Variables: • Family Type • Foreign born head of household (FB HH) • Native born head of household, foreign born spouse (NB HH, FB S) • foreign born individuals (IND) • Length of Residency in the United States • 5 year intervals • 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21-25, 25-30, 30+ years www.bea.gov

  5. Step 1. Determine the stock of the foreign-born population in the United States www.bea.gov

  6. Step 2. Determine the mean family income of the foreign-born population in the United States www.bea.gov

  7. Step 3. Determine the propensity to remit for the foreign-born population in the United States www.bea.gov

  8. Step 4. Estimate remittances per capita by multiplying average propensity to remit by mean family income www.bea.gov

  9. Step 5. Estimate total remittances by multiplying remittances per capita by the foreign born population in the U.S. www.bea.gov

  10. Transfers through Charitable Organizations • BEA collects this information by surveying charitable organizations • Captures transfers by foreign-born and U.S.-born population • Captures transfers by foreign born to residents of their home country other than their family (e.g. some Tsunami aid) www.bea.gov

  11. Questions www.bea.gov

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