income. Hence effective education policies should be an essential component of any poverty-reduction strategy. …

research. This paper investigates the choice of seasonal versus longer-term migration on a household level. We use data from …

account (covering education and training), and a health account (covering insurance against sickness and disability). Instead … health and education services, providing social safety nets and redistributing incomes more efficiently. …

poverty and income distribution in Bolivia. The simulation results suggest that FDI inflows enhance economic growth and reduce … poverty. However, the income distribution typically becomes more unequal. In particular, FDI widens income disparities between … urban and rural areas. The Bolivian government may promote growth-enhancing and poverty-alleviating effects of FDI by …

specialising in those activities the household is relatively good at. They also tend to benefit more from agricultural growth. …