"remittance amount" is correct and usable in written English.
This expression is commonly used in the business and financial sector. For example, "The remittance amount for the purchase was $1,000 USD."
The selection equation explores the determinants of remittance amounts.
Results show that the lower the education level, the higher the remittance amounts sent.
It could be the case, therefore, that the reported per sibling remittance amounts are biased towards equality.
Indeed, in the context of pure altruism model, a possible higher number of migrants linked to the family would appreciably decrease their remittance amounts.
We explore how remittances affect human capital formation, treating the level of remittances first as exogenous and then allowing for the possibility that remittance amounts may be endogenous to the investment decision.
These remittances amount to nearly $25bn each year, roughly 2% of the Mexican gross domestic product, according to the World Bank.
In Albania, receipts from remittances amount to 75% of its exports of goods and services (with the unwelcome result that its currency is one of Europe's strongest).
Remittances amount to more than a fifth of GDP, but bringing talented Haitians back home would help even more than their cash.
Some Latin American countries such as Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua are highly dependent on them – remittances amount to more than 15%% of their GDP – whereas Argentina or Brazil receive remittances that do not reach 1%% of their GDP (Maldonado & Hayem, 2013).
In 2007 remittances amounted to 46% of GDP in Tajikistan, 34% in Moldova, and 28% in Lesotho.
