On the Underestimation of Migration's Income and Poverty Impact

In estimating the impact of migration on income and poverty, most existing studies have overlooked the fact that migration changes the size of the household. The 'corrected' impact that accounts for changes in household size is presented analytically and is estimated on the basis of data f...

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Main Author:	Schiff, Maurice
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120 International Migration F220 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Demographic Trends and Forecasts General Migration J110 Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4923

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spelling	okr-10986-49232021-04-23T14:02:20Z On the Underestimation of Migration's Income and Poverty Impact Schiff, Maurice Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120 International Migration F220 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Demographic Trends and Forecasts General Migration J110 Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 In estimating the impact of migration on income and poverty, most existing studies have overlooked the fact that migration changes the size of the household. The 'corrected' impact that accounts for changes in household size is presented analytically and is estimated on the basis of data from nationally representative household surveys in Albania and Ghana. The analysis considers three poverty measures and four groups of migrant households: those with internal, international, internal and international, and internal and/or international migrants. The ratio of the corrected to the uncorrected impact on per capita income for Ghana (Albania) averages from 2.7 to 4.5 (2.5-3.8), and the ratio for the poverty impact averages from 2.6 to 4.4 (2.1-6.4). Thus, abstracting from changes in household size may result in a substantial underestimate of the impact of migration on income and poverty. 2012-03-30T07:30:24Z 2012-03-30T07:30:24Z 2008 Journal Article Review of Economics of the Household 15695239 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4923 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Albania Ghana
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spellingShingle	Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120 International Migration F220 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Demographic Trends and Forecasts General Migration J110 Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Schiff, Maurice On the Underestimation of Migration's Income and Poverty Impact
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description	In estimating the impact of migration on income and poverty, most existing studies have overlooked the fact that migration changes the size of the household. The 'corrected' impact that accounts for changes in household size is presented analytically and is estimated on the basis of data from nationally representative household surveys in Albania and Ghana. The analysis considers three poverty measures and four groups of migrant households: those with internal, international, internal and international, and internal and/or international migrants. The ratio of the corrected to the uncorrected impact on per capita income for Ghana (Albania) averages from 2.7 to 4.5 (2.5-3.8), and the ratio for the poverty impact averages from 2.6 to 4.4 (2.1-6.4). Thus, abstracting from changes in household size may result in a substantial underestimate of the impact of migration on income and poverty.
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title	On the Underestimation of Migration's Income and Poverty Impact
title_short	On the Underestimation of Migration's Income and Poverty Impact
title_full	On the Underestimation of Migration's Income and Poverty Impact
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title_full_unstemmed	On the Underestimation of Migration's Income and Poverty Impact
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On the Underestimation of Migration's Income and Poverty Impact

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