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Rural to urban migration is an integral part of the development process, but there is little evidence on how out-migration …) a decrease in the price of non-tradables like prepared food and tea. Seasonal migration subsidies not only generate …
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By putting together a relatively large data set on bilateral remittances of emigrants, this paper is able to shed light … on the important hypothesis of smoothing. The smoothing hypothesis is that remittances are countercyclical with respect … affirmation of smoothing is important for two reasons. First, it suggests that remittances should be placed on the list of …
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-country savings does not affect remittances sent home by migrants …
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population education; better-educated migrants; and increased migration in high-skilled jobs. Four-fifths of long-run income … origin areas. Increased income from international labor migration not only benefits migrants themselves, but also fosters …
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peso leads to increases in household remittances received from overseas. The estimated elasticity of Philippine …-peso remittances with respect to the Philippine/foreign exchange rate is 0.60. These positive income shocks lead to enhanced human …
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flows - such as Jamaica or El Salvador - are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The …This paper evaluates the global welfare impact of observed levels of migration using a quantitative multi-sector model … differences, international trade, remittances, and a heterogeneous workforce. We compare welfare under the observed levels of …
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Between 1967 and 1974, a bilateral treaty increased circular labor migration from Malawi to South Africa by 200 …
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Argentina was the second largest destination country during the Age of Mass Migration, receiving nearly six million …
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We report the results of a field experiment where we exogenously vary the use of social comparisons "nudges" and subsidies for participation in an in-home energy audit program, and follow subjects through to the subsequent purchase of durable goods. We therefore can compare the causal effect of...
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benefits as well as costs. Among the former, one of the most important is lower costs for migrants' remittances. Some of the …
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