Do international migration and remittances reduce poverty in developing countries?

Adams, Richard H.; Page, John

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.05.004

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“…This suggests that having a migrant in the household only influences expenditure directly, and that it does not affect the impact of overall income. This is a somewhat surprising result, which contradicts the findings of Adams, 2005 andMora, 2006. It is often argued that the effect of labor migration on consumption goes beyond simple income increase, and that, for example, exposure to different goods and lifestyles through the family migrant causes a change in spending decisions of those remaining at home.…”

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“…The question of how they influence overall poverty outcomes (see, for example, Adams and Page [2005], Gupta et al [2009]), as well as the income distribution of the recipient country is of central interest (e.g. Adams [1989], Barham and Boucher [1998], Acosta et al [2008], Shen et al [2010]).…”

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“…Results of these studies are mixed, some concluding that remittances are mostly used to cover day-to-day needs, rather than being invested productively (see, for example Lipton, 1980, Orozco et al, 2005, Cohen, 2005, Clement, 2011, while others find significant increases in household investments (e.g. Adams, 1989, Adams and Page, 2005, Acosta et al, 2007, Woodruff and Zenteno, 2007.…”

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Low-Skilled Labor Migration in Tajikistan: Determinants and Effects on Expenditure Patterns

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2014

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract: It is often assumed that international labor migration from Tajikistan, while having no noticeable effects on investment (usually defined as medium and long-term consumption, such as education, or investment into housing or business), on average leads to an increase in short-term consumption, mostly food. In this paper, a simple household-level model determining the migration decision is developed and tested empirically. In a second step, the effect of low-skilled labor migration on household expenditure shares is analyzed using 2SLS. While only weak effects of migration measured by a simple dummy are visible, repeating the analysis using the length of the migration spell instead, as well as its squared term, reveals that labor migration apparently takes a while to "kick in" and become profitable to those remaining at home. The observed long-term effects on household consumption patterns, albeit being rather small, actually speak in favour of investment of remittances, with the respective shares increasing over time, while the budget share spent on food slowly decreases. Terms of use: Documents in

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Low-Skilled Labor Migration in Tajikistan: Determinants and Effects on Expenditure Patterns

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“…These represent a particularly important source of foreign capital in developing countries, which in absolute amounts often exceeds other forms of capital inflow from both private and public sources (Adams and Page 2005;Irving et al 2010;Abdih et al 2009Abdih et al , 2012. As the greatest volume of remittances enters most developing countries mainly through informal channels, better knowledge of the features of these transfers is necessary if they are to be formalised and directed into productive activities in the recipient country.…”

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Causes of the Shadow Economy

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Arandarenko

Radulović

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“…La mayoría de los estudios empíricos sobre el tema señalan que las remesas provenientes de la migración internacional reducen la pobreza en los países receptores (ACOSTA et al, 2008;ADAMS;PAGE, 2005;ADAMS, 2006aADAMS, , 2006bADAMS, , 2011HOBBS;JAMESON, 2012;TAYLOR;MORA;YANG;MARTÍNEZ, 2006). Sin embargo, en algunas circunstancias se encontró que el efecto del ingreso proveniente de las remesas en la reducción de la pobreza es sumamente pequeño y que depende del porcentaje de los hogares receptores que pertenecen a los quintiles de ingresos inferiores, en los que los efectos serían mayores (ACOSTA; FAJNZYLBER; LÓPEZ, 2007).…”

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Pobreza y remesas internacionales Sur-Sur en Paraguay

Gómez¹,

Bologna²

2014

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La discusión sobre migración y desarrollo está fuertemente vinculada al papel de las remesas internacionales. Sin embargo, no existe consenso sobre los efectos que ellas provocan en las economías de origen y los hogares receptores. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el efecto de la recepción de remesas regionales en el nivel y la incidencia de la pobreza de los hogares paraguayos. Para ello se utilizan microdatos de la Encuesta Permanente de Hogares de Paraguay de 2009, de la Dirección General de Estadística, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEC). Se consideran remesas regionales las provenientes de Argentina y Brasil. Se utiliza el método de análisis de la puntuación de la propensión (propensity score analysis) para construir grupos comparables y aislar el efecto de la recepción de remesas de otras variables que inciden sobre la condición de pobreza de los hogares. Se sugiere que las remesas tendrían un efecto positivo en la incidencia de la pobreza y el alivio de la pobreza extrema. Sin embargo, el resultado no es completamente concluyente, ya que la pobreza no extrema afecta en mayor medida a los hogares receptores de remesas.

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Do international migration and remittances reduce poverty in developing countries?

Cited by 1,197 publications

References 15 publications

Low-Skilled Labor Migration in Tajikistan: Determinants and Effects on Expenditure Patterns

Low-Skilled Labor Migration in Tajikistan: Determinants and Effects on Expenditure Patterns

Causes of the Shadow Economy

Pobreza y remesas internacionales Sur-Sur en Paraguay

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