Using nationally representative panel data from Nepal, we estimate a household consumption function and simulate the impacts of remittance on poverty and inequality. We study how these impacts vary with regional maturity of migration process and country-source of remittance. The results show...

This paper explores the economic performance of rural-urban migrant households in the recently flourishing urban areas of Nepal. Using nationally representative primary survey data, we find that upon their arrival, these migrant households have 24 percent less income and 13 percent less...