International Remittances and the Household : Analysis and Review of Global Evidence

This paper examines the economic impact of international remittances on countries and households in the developing world. To analyze the country-level impact of remittances, the paper estimates an econometric model based on a new data set of 115 de...

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Main Author:	Adams, Richard H., Jr.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES AVERAGE INCOME BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICS CAPITA INCOME CAPITA REMITTANCES CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL VARIABLE CHILD HEALTH CITIZENS COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTRIES CREDIT CONSTRAINTS DATA SET DEPENDENT VARIABLE DETERMINANTS OF REMITTANCES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD ECONOMETRIC MODEL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPIRICAL WORK EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXCHANGE RATE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD CONSUMPTION GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF REMITTANCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INCREASE IN REMITTANCES INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES LATIN AMERICAN LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF POVERTY LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL ECONOMY LOW INCOME MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION PATTERNS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION DENSITY POSITIVE EFFECT POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY STATUS PROGRESS REMITTANCE REMITTANCE DATA REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE MONIES REMITTANCE RECEIVING REMITTANCE RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS REMITTANCE TRANSFERS REMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS REMITTANCES RESOURCE FLOWS RESPECT RETURN MIGRANTS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SAVINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SMALL ENTERPRISES TRANSPORTATION URBAN AREAS WORKER REMITTANCES WORLD POPULATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7335587/international-remittances-household-analysis-review-global-evidence http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7146

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7335587/international-remittances-household-analysis-review-global-evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7146

International Remittances and the Household : Analysis and Review of Global Evidence

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