Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal

Using two rounds of nationally representative household survey data in this study, we measure the impact on poverty in Nepal of local and international migration for work. We apply an instrumental variables approach to deal with nonrandom selection of migrants and simulate various scenarios for the...

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Main Authors:	Lokshin, Michael, Bontch-Osmolovski, Mikhail, Glinskaya, Elena
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	International Migration F220 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Geographic Labor Mobility Immigrant Workers J610 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4724

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spelling	okr-10986-47242021-04-23T14:02:19Z Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal Lokshin, Michael Bontch-Osmolovski, Mikhail Glinskaya, Elena International Migration F220 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Geographic Labor Mobility Immigrant Workers J610 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230 Using two rounds of nationally representative household survey data in this study, we measure the impact on poverty in Nepal of local and international migration for work. We apply an instrumental variables approach to deal with nonrandom selection of migrants and simulate various scenarios for the different levels of migration comparing observed and counterfactual household expenditure distribution. Our results indicate that one-fifth of the poverty reduction in Nepal occurring between 1995 and 2004 can be attributed to higher levels of work-related migration and remittances sent home. We also show that while the increase in international work-related migration was the leading cause of this poverty reduction, domestic migration also played an important role. Our findings demonstrate that strategies for economic growth and poverty reduction in Nepal should consider aspects of the dynamics of domestic and international migration. 2012-03-30T07:29:25Z 2012-03-30T07:29:25Z 2010 Journal Article Review of Development Economics 13636669 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4724 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Nepal
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topic	International Migration F220 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Geographic Labor Mobility Immigrant Workers J610 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230
spellingShingle	International Migration F220 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Geographic Labor Mobility Immigrant Workers J610 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230 Lokshin, Michael Bontch-Osmolovski, Mikhail Glinskaya, Elena Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal
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description	Using two rounds of nationally representative household survey data in this study, we measure the impact on poverty in Nepal of local and international migration for work. We apply an instrumental variables approach to deal with nonrandom selection of migrants and simulate various scenarios for the different levels of migration comparing observed and counterfactual household expenditure distribution. Our results indicate that one-fifth of the poverty reduction in Nepal occurring between 1995 and 2004 can be attributed to higher levels of work-related migration and remittances sent home. We also show that while the increase in international work-related migration was the leading cause of this poverty reduction, domestic migration also played an important role. Our findings demonstrate that strategies for economic growth and poverty reduction in Nepal should consider aspects of the dynamics of domestic and international migration.
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author	Lokshin, Michael Bontch-Osmolovski, Mikhail Glinskaya, Elena
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title	Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal
title_short	Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal
title_full	Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal
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title_full_unstemmed	Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal
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Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal

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