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 …

regions of Algeria. A semi-parametric descriptive analysis is comple- mented with a parametric model. Remittances do not … significantly change the Gini coefficient in nearly any of the counterfactual scenarios. However, migration reduced poverty by 40 … per- cent, with different effects across regions for extreme poverty. Foreign transfers, especially foreign pensions, have …

This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in … poverty. The results show a statistically significant and positive impact of hose remittances on recipient households … that migrants’ remittances can improve living standards among Moroccan households and affect negatively the incidence of …

impute a counterfactual income for households currently receiving remittances. We show that remittances reduce poverty rates …Using a 2006 household survey in Mali, we compare current poverty rates and inequality levels with counterfactual ones … in the absence of migration and remittances. With proper hypotheses on migrants and a selection model, we are able to …

Nedroma. At the same time, they help reduce poverty by nearly 13 percentage points. Remittances have a strong positive impact …, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) is used to analyse the effects of remittances on the distribution of household incomes. The … calculation of the impact of migration on the distribution of household income. Remittances, and especially foreign pensions …

The starting point of this paper is given by country situations where trade liberalization is expected to be poverty … and inequality alleviating in the long run while inducing a short run increase in poverty or in inequality. The question … trade policies within a global policy framework so as to enhance growth and reduce poverty and inequality. The method …

one of the main determinants of the unemployment increase and that remittances have a higher impact than the variation of …