Using Philippine microdata, the author explores the effects of non-farm income on income distribution. He demonstrates the widely different effects of specific types of off-farm income and non-farm income (including remittance income) on income distribution and discusses the effect of non-farm...

At least to some extent migration behavior is the outcome of a preference for migration. The pattern of migration as an outcome of a preference for migration depends on two key factors: imitation technology and migration feasibility. We show that these factors jointly determine the outcome of a...