Dillon Alleyne
BackgroundDillon Alleyne is a Visiting Fellow at the CGD and lectures in Econometrics and Public Finance at the University of the West Indies, Mona in Jamaica where he gained his PhD in 1993. He began his academic career as a Research Fellow in the Institute of Social and Economic Research, UWI Mona and then joined the Department of Economics in 1995. In 2004 he was a Visiting Fellow at the Andrew Young School at Georgia State University as a participant in Jamaica’s tax reform project. Alleyne, D., J. Alm, R. Bahl and S. Wallace. 2004. Tax Burden in Jamaica. Working Paper 9. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Georgia State University. Atlanta, Georgia: He has also worked subsequently at the UN/ECLAC office in Trinidad and Tobago as an economist. He is a member of group of scholars, "The remittance and Diaspora Research Group” at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica working on issues related to migration and remittances. At the CGD he is carrying out research on the topic, “Remittance Flows, Institutional Arrangements and the possible impact of the Diaspora in Caribbean Development" Non-CGD Publications"Short-Run Macroeconomic Determinants of Remittance Flows to Jamaica: A Time Varying Parameter Approach" (with G. McLeod, C. Kirton, and M. Figueroa). Applied Economics Letters(forthcoming). "Balance of Payments Constrained Growth in Developing Countries: A Theoretical Perspective" (with A. Francis). Metroeconomica 59(2)[2008]: 189–202. "Macroeconomic Determinants of Migrant Remittances to Caribbean Countries. Panel Unit Roots and Cointegration" (with C. Kirton and M. Figueroa). Journal of Developing Areas 41(2)[Spring 2008]: 137–153. "A Theory of Motivations to Remit in the Caribbean with the Possibility of Return Migration" (with I. Solan). Global Development Studies 4(3-4)[2006-2007]:79–90. "The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Inequality in Jamaica." Global Development Studies 4(3-4)[2006-2007]:188–216. |
