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The literature has focused on motives to explain remittance behavior. But as nonanonymous transfers, remittances are …
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This paper examines the general relationship between remittances and household expenditures in the Philippines by doing … while heterogeneity was addressed by employing the Quantile Regression technique. Also, the FIES data on remittances was … more accurate estimate of remittances sent by family members working abroad and its effects. The study found that while …
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The literature has focused on motives to explain remittance behavior. But as nonanonymous transfers, remittances are …
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Several studies on the impact of international migration and remittances on household outcomes have been released …
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This study evaluates the Philippines absorptive performance for foreign aid, particularly during the six-year period 2003 to 2008, and compare this to that of the previous period, 1986 to 1988.We observe that the countrys capacity to absorb foreign aid has declined during the period under study...
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region or country. That these rates in India have been rather high particularly for women is a matter of concern. As Floud … health status. Due to limited information base on BMI very few studies in India have analysed the determinants of CED (which … status). This paper attempts to do so based on a sample of ever-married women in the age group of 15-49 years in the North …
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The objective of this working paper is to examine the extent of employment oriented migration of females in India and … the inter state variations in its magnitude using NSSO 55th Round Household level data on Migration . It is found that … though the percentage is very small for employment oriented migration an analysis of work force participation of female …
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rather then self-interest. Thus in the model both migration and remittances are endogenously determined. This extended family …After giving an overview of the state of migration policy in developing countries with special reference to Pakistan … this paper essentially revisits the issue of policy and its effect on rural to urban migration under an extended family …
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investigate the links between trade, migration and New Zealands diaspora. It clearly shows that inwards and outwards migration has … these links in mind in order to maximise the economic potential of migrants. If trade follows migration flows, then an …
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Literature on migration and network effects suggests that the rate of migration is positively related to the extent or … lead to more migration from the hinterland. This counter intuitive result is generated as a consequence of juxtaposing an … end has a positive effect on new migration which comes specifically through a greater flow of remittance income from the …
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