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one of the main determinants of the unemployment increase and that remittances have a higher impact than the variation of …
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Jordan and Tunisia are two non-oil exporting MENA countries characterized by high unemployment rates and significant migrant populations. A comparative analysis of the impact of international mobility in the two countries allows us to shedlight on the mechanisms through which emigration affects...
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regions of Algeria. A semi-parametric descriptive analysis is comple- mented with a parametric model. Remittances do not …
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This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in … that migrants’ remittances can improve living standards among Moroccan households and affect negatively the incidence of … poverty. The results show a statistically significant and positive impact of hose remittances on recipient households …
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In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the … vulnerability of non-poor households are significantly dropped due to remittances. Our findings also suggest that remittance inflows …
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This paper reviews some of the microeconomic evidence concerning migration and remittances in Africa. After a brief … best offspring away with a view to diversify its risks and to build a social network. Then, remittances are to a large … three decades: the rich families are more likely to send some migrants away and thus get more remittances, while they earn …
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The objective of the paper is to analyze the respective impact of aid and remittances on human development as measured … health aid and remittances contribute to reduce child health disparities between countries, the paper addresses two other … impact of aid and remittances on intra-country child health disparities? Our results suggest that both remittances and health …
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aid and migrants’ remittances. Results suggest that FDI increases inequality, while remittances tend to reduce inequality …
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migration has a strong impact on poverty reduction in the Kayes area. She proposes that migration-cum-remittances alone do not … create the right conditions for genuine development even if the non-productive use of remittances may strongly impact on the …
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According to the latest figures from the United Nations,1 the number of migrants throughout the world has more than doubled since 1975. At the turn of this new century it is reported to stand at around 175 million persons (including refugees), or 2.9% of the global population. Still largely from...
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