The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Capital : Evidence from Latin American Household Surveys

This paper explores the impact of remittances on poverty, education, and health in 11 Latin American countries using nationally representative household surveys and making an explicit attempt to account for one of the inherent costs associated with...

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Main Authors:	Acosta, Pablo, Fajnzylber, Pablo, Lopez, J. Humberto
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADULT EDUCATION AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES AMOUNTS OF REMITTANCES ANNUAL GROWTH BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BENEFITS OF REMITTANCES CAPITA INCOME CAPITA REMITTANCES CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY SPECIFIC COUNTRY SPECIFICITY CROSS COUNTRY CROSS COUNTRY ANALYSES CROSS COUNTRY PERSPECTIVE DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF REMITTANCES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS DISTRIBUTION OF REMITTANCES ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECT OF REMITTANCES EFFECTS OF REMITTANCES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESULTS ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS EXCHANGE RATE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS GLOBAL LEVEL GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEALTH OUTCOMES HOME COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT OF REMITTANCES IMPORTANCE OF REMITTANCES INCOME DIMENSION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCREASE IN REMITTANCES INEQUALITY LEVELS LABOR SUPPLY LATIN AMERICAN LONG RUN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS MIGRANT MIGRANT NETWORKS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION PATTERNS NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NUMBER OF CHILDREN OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS POINT ESTIMATES POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HOUSEHOLDS POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POVERTY EFFECTS POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRACTITIONERS PROGRESS RECIPIENT COUNTRIES RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDS RECIPIENT OF REMITTANCES RECIPIENTS OF REMITTANCES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE REMITTANCE REMITTANCE RECIPIENTS REMITTANCES REMITTANCES FLOWS RESPECT SELECTION BIAS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SIMULATIONS TOTAL AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO VOLUME OF REMITTANCES WORKERS REMITTANCES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7694723/impact-remittances-poverty-human-capital-evidence-latin-american-household-surveys http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7392

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7694723/impact-remittances-poverty-human-capital-evidence-latin-american-household-surveys
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7392

The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Capital : Evidence from Latin American Household Surveys

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