Migration reshapes rural economies in ways that may go beyond the contribution of migrant remittances to household … to others inside and outside the rural economy, and they also may shape the potential effects of migration within the … other ways, besides remittances, in which migration may influence expenditure patterns in households with migrants. It also …

This paper analyzes the impact of international remittances on poverty and household consumption and investment using … effect on reducing poverty in Indonesia. Second, households receiving remittances in 2007 spent more at the margin on one key … variables approach to control for selection and endogeneity, it finds that international remittances have a large statistical …

Macro- and micro-economic evidence suggests a positive role of remittances in preparing households against natural … disasters and in coping with the loss afterwards. Analysis of cross-country macroeconomic data shows that remittances increase … after the 1998 flood. Ethiopian households that receive international remittances seem to rely more on cash reserves and …

remittances on income, poverty, inequality, and human capital (or, in general,welfare) as well as difficulties confronting … remittances implies a need to carefully spell out the rationale for interventions. It also notices the lack of good migration data …This paper reviews common challenges faced by researchers interested in measuring the impact of migration and …

about their impact on poverty and inequality. Using a large cross-country panel dataset, the authors find that remittances …Workers' remittances have become a major source of income for developing countries. However, little is still known … in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have increased growth and reduced inequality and poverty. These results …

This paper explores the impact of remittances on poverty, education, and health in 11 Latin American countries using … following: (1) regardless of the counterfactual used remittances appear to lower poverty levels in most recipient countries; (2 … heterogeneity in the poverty reduction impact of remittances' flows. Among the aspects that have been identified in the paper that …

United States, OECD-Europe) are more likely to receive international remittances, and that while the level of poverty in a … receive remittances, these resource flows do tend to reduce the level and depth of poverty. At the household level, a review …This paper examines the economic impact of international remittances on countries and households in the developing …

within that country. Assume further that there is no migration. We show that 90 percent of variability in people's global …

In 2013, Mexico's Social Pension Program for the Elderly was expanded by changing its eligibility threshold from age 70 … to age 65. Using pooled cross-sectional data from Mexico's National Household Income and Expenditure Survey, the … exogenous variation around eligibility age was exploited to uncover the causal effects of this expansion on extreme poverty and …