Remittances and Vulnerability to Poverty in Rural Mexico

Remittances and Vulnerability to Poverty in Rural Mexico

Remittances have been portrayed as the human face of globalization given their potential to alleviate poverty by directly increasing household income. Using a panel of rural households in Mexico from October 1998 to November 2000 this study assesses whether this is in fact the case. However, rather...

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Main Author: De La Fuente, Alejandro
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Remittances F240
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
International Linkages to Development
Role of International Organizations O190
Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration
Regional Labor Markets
Population
Neighborhood Characteristics R230
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5586

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