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The impacts of international migration on remaining household members: omnibus results from a migration lottery program
Gibson, John; McKenzie, David; Stillman, Steven - 2009
The impacts of international migration on development in the sending countries, and especially the effects on remaining household members, are increasingly studied. However, comparisons of households in developing countries with and without migrants are complicated by a double-selectivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271333
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The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members: Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program
Gibson, John; McKenzie, David; Stillman, Steven - 2009
The impacts of international migration on development in the sending countries, and especially the effects on remaining household members, are increasingly studied. However, comparisons of households in developing countries with and without migrants are complicated by a double-selectivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532941
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The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants
Gibson, John; McKenzie, David; Zia, Bilal - 2012
Remittances are a major source of external finance for many developing countries but the cost of sending remittances … remittance products but does not change either the frequency or level of remittances. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532957
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The Impacts of International Migration On Remaining Household Members : Omnibus Results From A Migration Lottery Program
Gibson, John - 2009
The impacts of international migration on development in the sending countries, and especially the effects on remaining household members, are increasingly studied. However, comparisons of households in developing countries with and without migrants are complicated by a double-selectivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394250
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Accounting for Selectivity and Duration-Dependent Heterogeneity When Estimating the Impact of Emigration On Incomes and Poverty in Sending Areas
Stillman, Steven - 2010
The impacts of international emigration and remittances on incomes and poverty in sending areas are increasingly …, but they also find suggestive evidence that this effect may be short-lived as both remittances and agricultural income are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394562
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The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants
Gibson, John - 2012
Remittances are a major source of external finance for many developing countries but the cost of sending remittances … remittance products. But it does not change either the frequency or level of remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011395359
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The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members : Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program
Gibson, John; McKenzie, David; Stillman, Steven - 2011
We use a migration lottery program to overcome the double-selectivity problems posed by migration. We compare a wide range of outcomes for the remaining household members of Tongan emigrants with those of members of similar households who were unsuccessful in the lottery, with the policy rules...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564332
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The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members : Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program
Gibson, John - 2009
The impacts of international migration on development in the sending countries, and especially the effects on remaining household members, are increasingly studied. However, comparisons of households in developing countries with and without migrants are complicated by a double-selectivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013156401
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The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants
Gibson, John - 2017
Remittances are a major source of external finance for many developing countries but the cost of sending remittances … remittance products. But it does not change either the frequency or level of remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975228
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Accounting for Selectivity and Duration-Dependent Heterogeneity When Estimating the Impact of Emigration on Incomes and Poverty in Sending Areas
Gibson, John - 2017
The impacts of international emigration and remittances on incomes and poverty in sending areas are increasingly …, but they also find suggestive evidence that this effect may be short-lived as both remittances and agricultural income are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976592