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Impacts of International and Internal Remittances on Household Welfare: Evidence from Viet Nam
Nguyen Viet, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
international and internal remittances increased both income and consumption expenditures of the recipients. The impact of … impact on income was much higher than the impact on consumption expenditures. It means that a large proportion of … international remittances were used for saving and investment. For the receipt of internal remittances, the impact on income was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685536
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Migration's income and poverty impact has been underestimated
Schiff, Maurice - 2006
This paper examines two issues associated with the impact of migration on household income and poverty. First, existing … corrected impact is shown to be three to five times larger for income and two to three times larger for poverty than is obtained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267281
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Concepts and operationalization of pro-poor growth
Negre, Mario - 2010
to the cases in which the mean income of the poor increases proportionally more than that of the non-poor. A new index is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280068
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THE IMPACT OF THE SOCIAL RISKS ON THE YOUNG EUROPEAN PEOPLE DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS
Marcela-Cornelia, DANU - In: Revista Economica 65 (2013) 2, pp. 199-217
The social risks, components of the system of risks affecting the individual, organizations, society as a whole, given determination and effects in the economic, social, political, cultural, etc. have become, an important issue for the health and viability of the nations, mainly through the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010859624
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Migration's Income and Poverty Impact Has Been Underestimated
Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper examines two issues associated with the impact of migration on household income and poverty. First, existing … corrected impact is shown to be three to five times larger for income and two to three times larger for poverty than is obtained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762256
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Migration’s Income and Poverty Impact
Schiff, Maurice - Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios - 2006
In estimating the impact of migration on income and poverty, existing studies have typically overlooked the fact that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472133
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The Relationship between Individual Labour Market Outcomes, Household Income and Expenditure, and Inequality and Poverty in New Zealand from 1983 to 2003
Stillman, Steven; Le, Trinh; Gibson, John; Hyslop, Dean; … - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2012
This paper investigates the relationship between individual labour market outcomes, household income and expenditure …). We begin by discussing and summarising measures of income and expenditure calculated from the HES. We next examine the … relationship between individual labour market outcomes, and household income and expenditure for households with different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856281
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Urban Poverty in Vietnam: Determinants and Policy Implications
Nguyen Viet, Cuong; Vu Hoang, Linh; Nguyen, Thang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study examines the profile and determinants of poverty in the two largest cities in Vietnam – Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. Data used in this study are from the 2009 Urban Poverty Survey. Using the poverty line of 12,000 thousand VND/year, the poverty incidence is estimated at 17.4 percent for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259822
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Some factors influencing the comparability and reliability of poverty estimates across household surveys
Yu, Derek - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2013
and reliability of poverty estimates and trends across various household surveys. First, whether income or expenditure … income and expenditure in exact amounts, whether they are asked to report these as ‘one-shot’ amounts (single estimation … poverty estimates. If the respondents are asked to report income and expenditure in intervals, issues that could affect the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010628215
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The effect of remittances on crime in India
Mahesh, Malvika - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 10 (2020) 1, pp. 1-18
growth and poverty. Owing to the poverty-alleviating and income-generating effects of remittances, it may theoretically … as remittance receipts increase income and welfare, there is a diverse effect on the costs and benefits of different …
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