We investigate the impact of regional migration on average wages and on wage inequality in the West African Economic … entails a decrease in inequality that ranges between -1.5% (for the Gini index) and -4.5% (for the interquartile ratio). This … is essentially driven by a reduction in inequality between countries, while the effect of migration on within …

We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … wealth inequality is shown to be monotonically reduced along the time-span, the short- and the long-run impacts on income … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may …

We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … wealth inequality but may generate higher income inequality. Moreover, the short-run and long-run impacts of migration on …

means and incentives to migrate, increasing inequality in the sending community. However, the migration networks formed … lower the costs for future migrants, which can in turn lower inequality. This paper shows both theoretically and empirically …-shaped relationship between emigration and inequality in rural sending communities in Mexico. After instrumenting, we find that the …

We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … wealth inequality but may generate higher income inequality. Moreover, the short-run and long-run impacts of migration on …

We investigate the impact of regional migration on average wages and on wage inequality in the West African Economic … entails a decrease in inequality that ranges between -1.5% (for the Gini index) and -4.5% (for the interquartile ratio). This … is essentially driven by a reduction in inequality between countries, while the effect of migration on within …

We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … wealth inequality but may generate higher income inequality. Moreover, the short-run and long-run impacts of migration on …

We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … wealth inequality is shown to be monotonically reduced along the time-span, the short- and the long-run impacts on income … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may …

We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … wealth inequality but may generate higher income inequality. Moreover, the short-run and long-run impacts of migration on …

means and incentives to migrate, increasing inequality in the sending community. However, the migration networks formed … lower the costs for future migrants, which can in turn lower inequality. This paper shows both theoretically and empirically …-shaped relationship between emigration and inequality in rural sending communities in Mexico. After instrumenting, we find that the …