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, increases the expenditure per capita by 29%. The Probit estimation of the determinants of poverty households confirm this result …
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households. They also can have fuelled a rise in income inequality compared to the counterfactual situation of no migration. Our …
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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. …
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The purpose of this study is to identify a person's likelihood of emigrating to another country and to identify a household's likelihood of receiving remittances. We also compute average treatment effects as well as the marginal impact of receiving remittances on household welfare, across...
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The purpose of this study is to identify a person's likelihood of emigrating to another country and to identify a household's likelihood of receiving remittances. We also compute average treatment effects as well as the marginal impact of receiving remittances on household welfare, across...
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Using the Cox proportional hazards model this paper empirically investigates how migration of household members and the receipt of remittances affect educational outcomes in Haiti. Based on a theoretical approach it tries to disentangle the effects of both phenomena that have mostly been jointly...
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We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we investigate whether remittances are subject to moral hazard by receivers, how the informal insurance provided by remittances interacts with formal health insurance, and whether there...
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This study investigates the impact of remittances on credit markets in Senegal. The findings show that remittances and credit markets are complements; namely, the receipt of remittances increases the likelihood of having a loan in a household. This result is robust after controlling for the...
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In this paper, I measure the importance of remittances and financial development for developing countries. I estimate an index of overall financial conditions and use it to determine the relevance of the financial sector as a transmission channel for remittances to affect economic growth. The...
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