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Income Volatility, Risk-Coping Behavior and Consumption Smoothing Mechanisms in Developing Countries : A Survey
Baez, Javier Eduardo - 2010
This paper provides a review of the general concepts and influential findings of empirical research on risk-coping behavior and consumption smoothing arrangements in rural economies of developing countries. Low-income individuals live with high levels of risk and limited access to formal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014052089
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Remittances, finance and growth : does financial development foster remittances and their impact on economic growth
Sobiech, Izabela - 2015 - This version: September 19, 2015
In this paper, I measure the importance of remittances and financial development for developing countries. I estimate … channel for remittances to affect economic growth. The index brings together information from existing measures, reflecting … the more financial development in a country, the smaller becomes the impact of remittances on economic growth and it can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346094
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Return international migration and geographical inequality : the case of Egypt
McCormick, Barry; Wahba, Jackline - 2004
This paper explores entrepreneurship amongst return migrants, how their business locations and characteristics differ from other businesses, and the implications for rural-urban inequality. First, we examine, amongst returnees, the determinants of investment in a project/enterprise. Second, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514468
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On asymmetric migration patterns from developing countries
Acharyya, Rajat; Kar, Saibal - 2017
This paper shows that trade and emigration of skilled workers from a poor country is complementary but that between trade and emigration of unskilled workers is a substitute. The asymmetric effect of more openness to trade on the local wages seems to be crucial in driving such results. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012098854
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Impact of remittances on fertility : remittances are closely linked to household fertility choices with consequences at the community and country level
Naufal, George - 2015
The growth in the number and in the size of remittances and the stability of these monetary transfers have made them a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433778
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Are remittances and foreign aid a hedge against food price shocks in developing countries?
Combes, Jean-Louis; Ebeke, Christian; Ntsama Etoundi, … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 54 (2014), pp. 81-98
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What types of capital flows help improve international risk sharing?
Islamaj, Ergys; Kose, M. Ayhan - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012877994
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What types of capital flows help improve international risk sharing?
Islamaj, Ergys; Kose, M. Ayhan - 2021
economies. The results suggest that remittances and aid flows are associated with increased international risk sharing. Other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694652
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The widespread impacts of remittance flows : remittances have the potential to lift developing economies
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Pozo, Susan - 2023
Remittances have risen spectacularly in absolute terms and in relation to traditional sources of foreign exchange, such … as export revenues. Remittances can improve the well-being of family members left behind and boost growth rates of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290584
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International remittances and the household : analysis and review of global evidence
Adams, Richard H. - In: Journal of African economies 15 (2006), pp. 396-425
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