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International Migration and Nutritional Outcomes in Tajikistan

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dc.contributor.authorAzzarri, Carlo
dc.contributor.authorZezza, Alberto
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:29:59Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:29:59Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractTajikistan is the country with the largest share of remittances to GDP in the world. At the same time it suffers from stubbornly high levels of child malnutrition against which only very slow progress has been made. This paper investigates the relationship between international migration and child malnutrition, using data from a recent nationally representative household survey. There are theoretical reasons to expect that migration may be exerting both positive and negative effects on nutrition and food security, so that understanding what the net effect may be is essentially an empirical question. Our results indicate that migration appears to be playing a positive role in enhancing child growth patterns (as measured by height-for-age z-scores) in the country. We explore some of the possible channels through which this effect might be operating and find that one such channel is by increasing households' kilocalorie consumption.en
dc.identifier.citationFood Policy
dc.identifier.issn03069192
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4838
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectConsumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120
dc.subjectInternational Migration F220
dc.subjectRemittances F240
dc.subjectHealth Production I120
dc.subjectDemographic Trends and Forecasts
dc.subjectGeneral Migration J110
dc.subjectFertility
dc.subjectFamily Planning
dc.subjectChild Care
dc.subjectINTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children
dc.subjectYouth J130
dc.subjectSocialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectEducation and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
dc.titleInternational Migration and Nutritional Outcomes in Tajikistanen
dc.title.alternativeFood Policyen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.doi10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.11.004
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum140
okr.journal.nbpages54-70
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryTajikistan
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.11.004
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okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30419/description#description
okr.volume36
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