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With 250 million migrants globally, remittances are one of the major sources of income in many developing countries … impact of remittances on the stability of household consumption, using both cross-country and household-level datasets. Our … government support are substitutes or complements in stabilizing household consumption. We find that remittances help smooth …
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clear. This paper examines the impact of remittances on inequality in Mexico using household-level information on the …The poverty-reducing effects of remittances have been well-documented, however, their effects on inequality are less … receiving side. It hopes to speak to their insurance role by examining how remittances are affected by domestic and external …
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-political instability once fiscal policy and remittances have been accounted for. It focuses on import prices to reflect the vulnerability … and income per capita. On the other hand, while remittances seem to dampen the adverse effect of import food price shocks …
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either the existence of 'fear of missing out' or COVID-induced fundamental changes in household behavior. In terms of …
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Using the U.S. Current Population Survey data, this paper compares the distributional impacts of the Pandemic Crisis and those of the Global Financial Crisis in terms of (i) worker characteristics, (ii) job characteristics-'social' (where individuals interact to consume goods), 'teleworkable'...
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analyze the distribution of the subsidies using household survey data and find that the bulk of the subsidies benefit higher …
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This paper estimates the household income growth rates implied by food demand in a sample of urban Chinese households …
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High household wealth is often cited as a key strength of the Italian economy. Both in absolute terms and relative to … income, the Italian household sector is wealthier than most euro area peers. A sizable fraction of this wealth is held by the … rich and upper middle classes. This paper documents the changes in the Italian household sector's financial wealth over the …
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China’s household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the age-savings profile has become U … increase in income uncertainty. Interestingly, the permanent variance of household income remains stable while it is the … and pension reforms can account for over half of the increase in the urban household savings rate in China since the mid …
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undermine the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), official development assistance (ODA) and migrants' remittances on … economic expansion. Based on neoclassical growth framework, the theoretical model indicates that FDI, ODA, and remittances …
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