Accounting for Selectivity and Duration-Dependent Heterogeneity When Estimating the Impact of Emigration on Incomes and Poverty in Sending Areas

Accounting for Selectivity and Duration-Dependent Heterogeneity When Estimating the Impact of Emigration on Incomes and Poverty in Sending Areas

The impacts of international emigration and remittances on incomes and poverty in sending areas are increasingly studied with household survey data. But comparing households with and without emigrants is complicated by a triple-selectivity problem:...

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Main Authors: Gibson, John, McKenzie, David, Stillman, Steven
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES
BASIC NEEDS
BRAIN DRAIN
BULLETIN
CAPITA INCOME
CHANGE IN POVERTY
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
CITIZENSHIP
COMMUNITY LEVEL
CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CULTURAL CHANGE
DEPENDENT CHILDREN
DESTINATION COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP
DIET
DOMESTIC INCOME
DROPOUT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EFFECT OF REMITTANCES
EMIGRATION
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
FAMILIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY REUNIFICATION
FAMILY REUNIFICATION POLICIES
FEMALE
HOME COUNTRY
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRATION
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
IMPACT OF REMITTANCES
INCOMES
INCREASE IN REMITTANCES
INDIVIDUAL WELFARE
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR MOBILITY
LABOUR SUPPLY
MANDATES
MIGRANT
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION DECISION
MIGRATION POLICIES
MIGRATION POLICY
NUMBER OF ADULTS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
OLDER ADULTS
PENSIONS
PERMANENT RESIDENCE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROGRESS
PUBLIC POLICY
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCE INFLOWS
REMITTANCES
REMITTANCES FROM MIGRANTS
RENTALS
RETURN MIGRANTS
RETURN MIGRATION
SEND REMITTANCES
SETTLEMENT
SPOUSE
STANDARD ERROR
STANDARD ERRORS
TREATY
VILLAGES
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