Alvear, Claudia Martínez; Yang, Dean - Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios - 2007
In many developing countries, remittance receipts from overseas are importantsupplements to household income. How do these remittance flows affect poverty andinequality in migrants’ home areas? To answer this question, we take advantage ofexogenous shocks to the remittance receipts of...