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What Is the Impact of International Remittances on Poverty and Inequality in Latin America?

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dc.contributor.authorAcosta, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorFajnzylber, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorLopez, Humberto
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:34:32Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:34:32Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractWorkers' remittances have become a major source of income for developing countries. However, little is still known about their impact on poverty and inequality. Using a large cross-country panel dataset, we find that remittances in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have increased growth and reduced inequality and poverty. These results are robust to the use of different instruments that attempt to correct for the potential endogeneity of remittances. Household survey-based estimates for 10 LAC countries confirm that remittances have negative albeit relatively small inequality and poverty-reducing effects, even after imputations for the potential home earnings of migrants.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Development
dc.identifier.issn0305750X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5785
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310
dc.subjectRemittances F240
dc.subjectMeasurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Human Resources
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectMigration O150
dc.subjectInternational Linkages to Development
dc.subjectRole of International Organizations O190
dc.titleWhat Is the Impact of International Remittances on Poverty and Inequality in Latin America?en
dc.title.alternativeWorld Developmenten
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.journal.nbpages89-114
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.02.016
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okr.volume36
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