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The impacts of international migration on remaining household members : omnibus results from a migration lottery program

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Using remittance transaction data for timely estimation of the foreign worker population in Malaysia

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Malaysia has been grappling with understanding how many foreign workers reside in the country and thus faces challenges … from money transfer service providers to estimate the number of foreign workers. Most foreign workers remit a large portion … two million to five million foreign workers; our results narrow that range to between 2.99 million and 3.16 million …

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International migration and household well-being : evidence from Uzbekistan

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As one of the most pivotal ways that labor markets adjust to changing economic conditions, international migration is never far from the center of the national discussion in Uzbekistan. This paper summarizes the relationship between recent international migration trends and household well-being...

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The impact of mobile money on poor rural households : experimental evidence from Uganda

Wieser, Christina; Bruhn, Miriam; Kinzinger, Johannes; … - 2019

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