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Estimating the net effects of migration and remittances on poverty and inequality: Comparison of Fiji and Tonga
Brown, Richard P. C.; Jimenez, Eliana - 2007
income distribution and measures of poverty, after controlling for selectivity in migration and endogeneity in the … relationship between remittances and income. Measures of inequality and poverty based on actual, with-migration income and … account of what the migrant members would have earned had they not migrated. The results are compared with alternative income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284797
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The effects of international remittances on poverty and inequality in Ethiopia
Beyene, Berhe Mekonnen - 2012 - Publisert 16. apr. 2012 14:05
The paper studies the effects of international remittances on poverty and inequality in Ethiopia using an urban household survey from 2004. In order to identify the effects of remittances on poverty and inequality, counterfactual consumption in the hypothetical case of no remittance is estimated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009521070
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Remittances, Growth and Poverty: New Evidence from Asian Countries
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Ali, Abdilahi; … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2011
The present study re-examines the effects of remittances on growth of GDP per capita using annual panel data for 24 Asia and Pacific countries. The results generally confirm that remittance flows have been beneficial to economic growth. However, our analysis also shows that the volatility of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369299
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The impact of Migrant Workers ' Remittances on the Living Standards of families in Morocco: a Propensity Score Matching Approach
Miftah, Amal; Bouoiyour, Jamal - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010748204
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The effects of remittances on poverty and inequality: Evidence from rural southern Morocco
Miftah, Amal; Bouoiyour, Jamal - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
counterfactual income of remittance-recipient households corresponding to a hypothetical value of its average income calculated for a … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the … have increased income inequality compared to the no-migration counterfactual situation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772256
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Remittances, Growth and Poverty: New Evidence from Asian Countries
Imai, Katsushi; Gaiha, Raghav; Ali, Abdilahi; Kaicker, Nidhi - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2013
The present study re-examines the effects of remittances on growth of GDP per capita using annual panel data for 24 Asia and Pacific countries. The results generally confirm that remittance flows have been beneficial to economic growth. However, our analysis also shows that the volatility of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010661191
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Do remittances affect poverty and inequality ? Evidence from Mali
Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; Lessourd, Thomas; Gubert, Flore - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
impute a counterfactual income for households currently receiving remittances. We show that remittances reduce poverty rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707090
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Remittances and poverty : Who benefits in the household ?.
Safir, Abla; Lambert, Sylvie; de Vreyer, Philippe - Université Paris-Dauphine
We use data from a newly designed household survey in Senegal to study intrahousehold allocation of remittances income … specific individuals in the household are not completely fungible with other sources of income. In particular the school … enrolment of children aged 7 to 13 is found to depend on remittances income accruing to the sub-group he/she belongs to and not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008871982
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Do remittances affect poverty and inequality ? Evidence from Mali.
Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; Lessourd, Thomas; Gubert, Flore - Université Paris-Dauphine
impute a counterfactual income for households currently receiving remittances. We show that remittances reduce poverty rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008871991
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Remittances and poverty : Who benefits in the household ?
Safir, Abla; Lambert, Sylvie; de Vreyer, Philippe - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
We use data from a newly designed household survey in Senegal to study intrahousehold allocation of remittances income … specific individuals in the household are not completely fungible with other sources of income. In particular the school … enrolment of children aged 7 to 13 is found to depend on remittances income accruing to the sub-group he/she belongs to and not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074084