Remittances, Household Expenditure and Investment in Guatemala
This paper uses a nationally-representative household data set from Guatemala to analyze how the receipt of internal remittances (from Guatemala) and international remittances (from United States) affects the marginal spending behavior of households. Two findings emerge. First, controlling for selec...
Main Authors: | Adams, Richard H., Jr., Cuecuecha, Alfredo |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5203 |
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