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Using remittance transaction data for timely estimation of the foreign worker population in Malaysia
Zainab Ali Ahmad; Simler, Kenneth; Yi, Soonhwa - 2020
Malaysia has been grappling with understanding how many foreign workers reside in the country and thus faces challenges in formulating evidence-based foreign worker policies. This paper uses micro-level remittance transaction data collected from money transfer service providers to estimate the...
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International migration and household well-being : evidence from Uzbekistan
Seitz, William - 2019
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058941
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The impact of mobile money on poor rural households : experimental evidence from Uganda
Wieser, Christina; Bruhn, Miriam; Kinzinger, Johannes; … - 2019
This paper studies the effect of rolling out mobile money agents in rural Northern Uganda. In a randomized experiment, 168 areas were randomly selected to receive an agent in 2017, with another 163 areas serving as a control group. Administrative data on mobile money transactions suggest that...
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Determinants of expatriate workers' remittances in North Africa and Europe
Elbadawi, Ibrahim; Rocha, Roberto de Rezende - 1992
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The demographic, economic and financial determinants of international remittances in developing countries
Adams, Richard H. (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716658
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Determinants of remittances : recent evidence using data on internal migrants in Vietnam
Niimi, Yoko (contributor); Pham, Thai-hung (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716686
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Development finance via diaspora bonds track record and potential
Ketkar, Suhas L. (contributor); Ratha, Dilip K. (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003718740
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The impact of remittances on poverty and inequality in Ghana
Adams, Richard H. (contributor);  … - 2008
remittances (from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty and inequality in Ghana. To … variations in migration networks and remittances among various ethno-religious groups in Ghana. The paper finds that both … internal and international remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Ghana. However, the size of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759197
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The effect of male migration for work on employment patterns of females in Nepal
Lokshin, Michael - 2008
"This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal. Using data from the 2004 Nepal household survey, the authors apply the Instrumental Variable Full Information Maximum Likelihood method to account for unobserved factors that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771193
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Labor supply, school attendance, and remittances from international migration : the case of El Salvador
Acosta, Pablo - 2006
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