Migration, Economic Crisis and Child Growth in Rural Guatemala : Insights from the Great Recession

Migration, Economic Crisis and Child Growth in Rural Guatemala : Insights from the Great Recession

Migration has been demonstrated by various studies to be closely linked to improvements in individual- and household-level outcomes. Rather than examining the effects of migration, this paper explores whether an economic shock in United States nega...

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Main Authors: Carletto, Calogero, Maluccio, John A., Shrestha, Savant Man, Stewart, Mackenzie F.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
MIGRATION
CHILD GROWTH
STUNTING
2008 GREAT RECESSION
REMITTANCES
ECONOMIC SHOCK
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/932541627310242741/Migration-Economic-Crisis-and-Child-Growth-in-Rural-Guatemala-Insights-from-the-Great-Recession
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36034

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/932541627310242741/Migration-Economic-Crisis-and-Child-Growth-in-Rural-Guatemala-Insights-from-the-Great-Recession
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36034

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