Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal
Using two rounds of nationally representative household survey data in this study, we measure the impact on poverty in Nepal of local and international migration for work. We apply an instrumental variables approach to deal with nonrandom selection of migrants and simulate various scenarios for the...
Main Authors: | Lokshin, Michael, Bontch-Osmolovski, Mikhail, Glinskaya, Elena |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4724 |
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