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Income vs price subsidy: policy options to help the urban poor facing food price surge

Chunyan, Huang; Funing, Zhong; Jun, He - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 1, pp. 89-99

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare the costs of price and income subsidies when the food security policy targets the urban poor. The result may help policymakers choose a desired subsidy scheme to ensure food security for the urban poor facing food price surge....

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What drives international remittances to Africa : Altruism, self-interest or the institutional environment?

Nnyanzi, John Bosco - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 7 (2016) 3, pp. 397-418

economic activity are observed to facilitate remittance inflows. The authors confirm the resilience of remittances during the … that could understate the macro-economic impact of remittances and lead to inadequate policy formulation. The use of an … enhanced gravity model on a newly created bilateral data set in the analysis is a nuance in the economics of remittances …

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Migration, remittances, and agricultural productivity in small farming systems in Northwest China

Li, Lihua; Wang, Chenggang; Segarra, Eduardo; Nan, Zhibiao - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 1, pp. 5-23

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between migration, remittances and agricultural … remittances have been reinvested in agriculture. Design/methodology/approach – Cross‐sectional household survey data from three … between remittances and agricultural investment depends on the farm activities' profitability. …

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Fast‐tracking sustainable economic growth and development in Nigeria through international migration and remittances

Raimi, Lukman; Ogunjirin, O.D. - In: Humanomics 28 (2012) 3, pp. 209-219

development in Nigeria through mainstreaming of the benefits of international migration and inflow of remittances from abroad … development in Nigeria through international migration and remittances links. Findings – There are four findings from this … international migration data and inflow of remittances for developmental purposes. Originality/value – This research paper supports …

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Does More Time Spent Calling Home Correlate with Higher Remittances? Evidence from Migrants in the State of Qatar

Seshan, Ganesh K. - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 12 (2012) 1

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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Assessing the Impact of Remittances on Schooling: the Mexican Experience

Borraz, Fernando - In: Global Economy Journal 5 (2005) 1

This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on child human capital in Mexico. During the 90s and in particular after … the tequila crisis Mexican workers increased the remittances that were sent to their homes from the United States. I … Woodruff (2003) the results obtained from Census data indicate a positive and small effect of remittances on schooling only for …

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The Purpose of Remittances: Evidence from Germany

Bauer, Thomas; Sinning, Mathias - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 229 (2009) 6, pp. 730-742

Summary This paper examines the purpose of remittances using individual data of migrants in Germany. Particular …

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Worker Remittances and Growth: The Physical and Human Capital Channels

Ziesemer, Thomas H.W. - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 229 (2009) 6, pp. 743-773

Summary Remittances may have an impact on economic growth through channels to physical and human capital. We estimate … remittances in 2003. The countries with per capita income below $ 1200 benefit most from remittances in the long run because they … have the largest impact of remittances on savings. Their changes in remittances account for about 2%of the steady …

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Remittances and Conflict: Some Conceptual Considerations

Lindley, Anna - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 229 (2009) 6, pp. 774-786

to extensive scrutiny in the last decade by researchers and policy-makers. Migrants’ remittances have been fore … overlooked. This paper uses the Somali case to raise a set of conceptual issues regarding the dynamics and impact of remittances …

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Migration, Diasporas and Development: Some Critical Perspectives

Bakewell, Oliver - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 229 (2009) 6, pp. 787-802

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...

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