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The effects of migration and remittances in rural Moldova
Hristev, Eugene; Mincu, Georgeta; Sandu, Maya; … - 2009
Remittances in Moldova reach 36% of GDP, hence they constitute an essential part of the Moldovan economy. The most … visible characteristic of remittances is their unequal distribution. The analysis applying the standard Lorenz Curve proves … that 75% receiving households gets only 25% of total amount being sent to the country. The way remittances are distributed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003868356
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Split decisions : family finance when a policy discontinuity allocates overseas work
Clemens, Michael A.; Tiongson, Erwin R. - 2012
entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism. -- migration ; households ; remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009672252
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Financial education for migrants and their families
Atkinson, Adele; Messy, Flore-Anne - 2015
Money remitted by international migrants is a major source of income for many countries around the world, exceeding all international development funds combined. Yet individual migrants and their families are often amongst the most vulnerable people in society, and many face significant barriers...
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Split Decisions : Family Finance When a Policy Discontinuity Allocates Overseas Work
Clemens, Michael A. - 2012
entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096767
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Split Decisions : Family Finance When a Policy Discontinuity Allocates Overseas Work
Clemens, Michael A. - 2013
entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081686
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The Impact of Migration on Children Left Behind in Developing Countries : Outcomes Analysis and Data Requirements
Rossi, Andrea - 2014
parent migrating, and the impact of migration and remittances on the children left behind is still notably absent in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014142626
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Chapter 23. Regional Studies : Latin America and the Caribbean
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Pozo, Susan - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1261-1302). 2015
This chapter offers an overview of migration and remittance flows with respect to the Latin American and Caribbean region from the colonial period to the present. Themes that cross history are highlighted as are the reversals of trends. Emphasis is given to south–south migration, to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025427
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Migration and families left behind : families that stay behind when a member migrates do not clearly benefit
Démurger, Sylvie - 2015
behind through remittances. However, splitting up families in this way may also have multiple adverse effects on education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430776
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Mass migration and seasonality evidence on Moldova's labour exodus
Görlich, Dennis (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper identifies the determinants and patterns of mass migration in Moldova a country in which migration has become the dominant socioeconomic phenomenon in a period of less than 8 years. Special emphasis is placed on seasonal migration, which has become increasingly popular in many Eastern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003326801
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Migration's income and poverty impact has been underestimated
Schiff, Maurice W. (contributor) - 2006
This paper examines two issues associated with the impact of migration on household income and poverty. First, existing studies have typically overlooked a feature of migration that should be taken into account in estimating its impact, namely the fact that migration changes the size of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310960