This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on household consumption instability in developing countries on a large … panel of developing countries. The four main results are the following: Firstly, remittances significantly reduce household … consumption instability. Secondly, the insurance role played by remittances is highlighted: remittances dampen the effect of …

This paper focuses on the relationships between remittances and the share of individuals working for less than 2$ US … per day. It is based on an original panel dataset containing information related to remittances in about 80 developing … of remittance inflows the results suggest that remittances lead to a decrease in the prevalence of working poor in …

This paper focuses on the relationships between remittances and the share of individuals working for less than 2$ US … per day. It is based on an original panel dataset containing information related to remittances in about 80 developing … of remittance inflows the results suggest that remittances lead to a decrease in the prevalence of working poor in …

This paper focuses on the relationships between remittances and the share of individuals working for less than 2$ US … per day. It is based on an original panel dataset containing information related to remittances in about 80 developing … of remittance inflows the results suggest that remittances lead to a decrease in the prevalence of working poor in …

This paper focuses on the relationships between remittances and the share of individuals working for less than 2$ US … per day. It is based on an original panel dataset containing information related to remittances in about 80 developing … of remittance inflows the results suggest that remittances lead to a decrease in the prevalence of working poor in …

well as transfers, both sent and received, we compare the impact of income shocks on both, focusing on differences between … the urban and rural sectors. Marked differences emerge. While urban households share positive shocks with their network … through sending them transfers, rural households react to positive income shocks through hosting new members, in fact young …

analysis shows that shocks and household coping behavior help to explain the observed poverty dynamics. The single low …

We examine whether the experience of shocks influences individual risk attitude. We measure risk attitude via a simple … survey item, compiled among more than 4,000 households in Thailand and Vietnam. The experience of adverse shocks, which is … set of socio-demographic variables. Therefore, shocks perpetuate vulnerability to poverty via their effect on risk …