Adams, Richard H., Jr.Cuecuecha, AlfredoPage, John2012-06-012012-06-012008-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6940This paper uses a new, 2005/06 nationally-representative household survey to analyze the impact of internal remittances (from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty and inequality in Ghana. To control for selection and endogeneity, it uses a two-stage multinomial logit model with instrumental variables focusing on variations in migration networks and remittances among various ethno-religious groups in Ghana. The paper finds that both internal and international remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Ghana. However, the size of the poverty reduction depends on the type of remittances received. In general, poverty in Ghana is reduced more by international than internal remittances. For households receiving international remittances, the level of poverty falls by 88.1 percent with the inclusion of remittances; for households receiving internal remittances, poverty falls by 69.4 percent with the inclusion of remittances. The paper also finds that both types of remittances increase income inequality in Ghana. For households with internal remittances, the inclusion of remittances causes the Gini coefficient to rise by 4 percent, and for households with international remittances, the inclusion of remittances causes the Gini to increase by 17.4 percent.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO RESOURCESACCOUNTINGAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAMOUNT OF REMITTANCESAVERAGE VALUE OF REMITTANCESBANK POLICYCAPITA REMITTANCESCOUNTERFACTUALCURRENCYCURRENCY CRISISDATA ON REMITTANCESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDISTRIBUTION OF REMITTANCESEARNINGSECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC SHOCKSECONOMIC STATUSEFFECT OF REMITTANCESEFFECTS OF REMITTANCESENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITYEQUIPMENTETHNIC GROUPSEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURESFAMILY TIESFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFEWER CHILDRENFOOD GOODSFOOD POLICYFOOD REQUIREMENTSGENDERGROUP ACCOUNTSHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHUMAN CAPITALIMPACT OF MIGRATIONIMPACT OF REMITTANCESIMPACT ON POVERTYINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME FLOWSINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME TRANSFERSINFLATIONINSTRUMENTINTERNAL MIGRANTSINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTSINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL REMITTANCEINTERNATIONAL REMITTANCESLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOUR FORCELEVEL OF POVERTYLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSMICRO-ENTERPRISESMIGRANTMIGRANT NETWORKSMIGRANT WORKERSMIGRATIONNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOORPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR PERSONPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEXPOVERTY INDEXPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY STATUSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSRECEIPTREGIONAL DUMMIESRELIGIOUS GROUPSREMITTANCEREMITTANCE FLOWSREMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDSREMITTANCESREMITTANCES REMITTANCESRESPECTRETURNRETURNSRURALRURAL AREASRURAL PRODUCTIVITYSAVINGSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONSOCIAL NETWORKSOCIAL NETWORKSSQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEXSUB-SAHARAN AFRICATYPES OF REMITTANCESUNIVERSITY EDUCATIONURBAN AREASVALUE OF REMITTANCESVILLAGEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4732