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remittances are not an effective measure for poverty reduction in the short‐run in Vietnam.  …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of international remittances on different household … members. It examines how international remittances are spent for production and consumption by receiving households. Design …
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Purpose This paper presents a cross-sectional study that assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural migrants …/value Numerous studies have examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural migrants. However, there are limited studies that … estimate the impact of the proposed study based on the challenges faced by rural migrants in Bihar during the pandemic. …
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between migration, remittances and agricultural … to examine the impacts of rural out‐migration on agricultural productivity in various farming systems, and whether … productivity by applying the new economics of labor migration model in the context of north‐west China. The specific objectives are …
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services by migrants in Qatar. The hypothesis is that there are important synergies between telecommunications and remittances …. Migrants with greater telecom access may have higher demand for remittances, because more frequent communication with relatives … remittances.  …
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Summary The relationship between migration and development processes in migrants’ countries of origin has been subject … to extensive scrutiny in the last decade by researchers and policy-makers. Migrants’ remittances have been fore … the fact that migration and remitting are often entangled in processes of violent conflict and political upheaval is often …
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Summary This article poses three questions about the recent resurgence of academic and policy interest in migration …, development and diasporas. First, over many years the connection between migration and development has been of marginal interest … for many of those involved in the field of development studies; in many cases, where it has been considered, migration has …
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What is the impact of male migration on the labor market behavior of women in Nepal? The instrumental variable full … results indicate that male migration has a negative impact on the level of the labor market participation by women in the … characteristics) in the impact of male migration. The findings highlight the important gender dimension of the impact of predominantly …
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Two of the most salient trends in migration and development over the last two decades are the large rise in remittances … educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration will impede remittance growth … much of the higher remittances. …
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depending on whether it is the mother or the father that leaves. A sequential model that explains migration and budget … migration is accounted for using a set of instrumental variables derived from the model. Results show that when children are … and sending home more remittances. …
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The income generated from parental migration can increase funds available for children's education. In countries where … informal payments to teachers are common migration could therefore increase petty corruption in education. To test this … hypothesis, we investigate the effect of migration on educational inputs. We use an instrumental variables approach on survey …
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