Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal

Using two rounds of nationally representative household survey data in this study, the authors measure the impact on poverty in Nepal of local and international migration for work. They apply an instrumental variable approach to deal with nonrandom...

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Main Authors:	Lokshin, Michael, Bontch-Osmolovski, Mikhail, Glinskaya, Elena
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADULT POPULATION AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL GROWTH BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BETTER ACCESS TO MARKETS CAPITA EXPENDITURE CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR CONSUMPTION DECISIONS CONSUMPTION EQUATION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION LEVEL CONSUMPTION REGRESSIONS CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTRY OF DESTINATION CURRENT CONSUMPTION CURRENT INCOME DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEPENDENCE DEPENDENCY RATIO DISTRICTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC WELL-BEING ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY ETHNICITY EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTIONS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FARM ACTIVITIES FERTILITY GENDER HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBANDS IDENTITY ILLITERACY IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LANDHOLDINGS LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE MALARIA MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH NATIONALS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PARAMETER ESTIMATES PEACE PENSIONS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PERSONAL SAFETY POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PROGRESS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL MIGRATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL REGIONS SIMULATIONS SOCIAL NETWORKS SPILLOVER TRANSPORTATION TREATY URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN MIGRATION VILLAGES WEALTHY HOUSEHOLDS
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spelling	okr-10986-71232021-04-23T14:02:33Z Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal Lokshin, Michael Bontch-Osmolovski, Mikhail Glinskaya, Elena ADULT POPULATION AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL GROWTH BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BETTER ACCESS TO MARKETS CAPITA EXPENDITURE CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR CONSUMPTION DECISIONS CONSUMPTION EQUATION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION LEVEL CONSUMPTION REGRESSIONS CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTRY OF DESTINATION CURRENT CONSUMPTION CURRENT INCOME DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEPENDENCE DEPENDENCY RATIO DISTRICTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC WELL-BEING ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY ETHNICITY EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTIONS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FARM ACTIVITIES FERTILITY GENDER HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBANDS IDENTITY ILLITERACY IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LANDHOLDINGS LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE MALARIA MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH NATIONALS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PARAMETER ESTIMATES PEACE PENSIONS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PERSONAL SAFETY POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PROGRESS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL MIGRATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL REGIONS SIMULATIONS SOCIAL NETWORKS SPILLOVER TRANSPORTATION TREATY URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN MIGRATION VILLAGES WEALTHY HOUSEHOLDS Using two rounds of nationally representative household survey data in this study, the authors measure the impact on poverty in Nepal of local and international migration for work. They apply an instrumental variable approach to deal with nonrandom selection of migrants and simulate various scenarios for the different levels of work-related migration, comparing observed and counterfactual household expenditure distribution. The results indicate that one-fifth of the poverty reduction in Nepal occurring between 1995 and 2004 can be attributed to increased levels of work-related migration and remittances sent home. The authors also show that while the increase in work migration abroad was the leading cause of this poverty reduction, internal migration also played an important role. The findings show that strategies for economic growth and poverty reduction in Nepal should consider aspects of the dynamics of domestic and international migration. 2012-06-05T16:16:22Z 2012-06-05T16:16:22Z 2007-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7585341/work-related-migration-poverty-reduction-nepal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7123 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4231 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Nepal
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topic	ADULT POPULATION AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL GROWTH BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BETTER ACCESS TO MARKETS CAPITA EXPENDITURE CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR CONSUMPTION DECISIONS CONSUMPTION EQUATION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION LEVEL CONSUMPTION REGRESSIONS CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTRY OF DESTINATION CURRENT CONSUMPTION CURRENT INCOME DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEPENDENCE DEPENDENCY RATIO DISTRICTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC WELL-BEING ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY ETHNICITY EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTIONS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FARM ACTIVITIES FERTILITY GENDER HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBANDS IDENTITY ILLITERACY IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LANDHOLDINGS LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE MALARIA MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH NATIONALS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PARAMETER ESTIMATES PEACE PENSIONS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PERSONAL SAFETY POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PROGRESS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL MIGRATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL REGIONS SIMULATIONS SOCIAL NETWORKS SPILLOVER TRANSPORTATION TREATY URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN MIGRATION VILLAGES WEALTHY HOUSEHOLDS
spellingShingle	ADULT POPULATION AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL GROWTH BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BETTER ACCESS TO MARKETS CAPITA EXPENDITURE CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR CONSUMPTION DECISIONS CONSUMPTION EQUATION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION LEVEL CONSUMPTION REGRESSIONS CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTRY OF DESTINATION CURRENT CONSUMPTION CURRENT INCOME DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEPENDENCE DEPENDENCY RATIO DISTRICTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC WELL-BEING ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY ETHNICITY EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTIONS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FARM ACTIVITIES FERTILITY GENDER HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBANDS IDENTITY ILLITERACY IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LANDHOLDINGS LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE MALARIA MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH NATIONALS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PARAMETER ESTIMATES PEACE PENSIONS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PERSONAL SAFETY POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PROGRESS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL MIGRATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL REGIONS SIMULATIONS SOCIAL NETWORKS SPILLOVER TRANSPORTATION TREATY URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN MIGRATION VILLAGES WEALTHY HOUSEHOLDS Lokshin, Michael Bontch-Osmolovski, Mikhail Glinskaya, Elena Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal
geographic_facet	South Asia Nepal
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4231
description	Using two rounds of nationally representative household survey data in this study, the authors measure the impact on poverty in Nepal of local and international migration for work. They apply an instrumental variable approach to deal with nonrandom selection of migrants and simulate various scenarios for the different levels of work-related migration, comparing observed and counterfactual household expenditure distribution. The results indicate that one-fifth of the poverty reduction in Nepal occurring between 1995 and 2004 can be attributed to increased levels of work-related migration and remittances sent home. The authors also show that while the increase in work migration abroad was the leading cause of this poverty reduction, internal migration also played an important role. The findings show that strategies for economic growth and poverty reduction in Nepal should consider aspects of the dynamics of domestic and international migration.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Lokshin, Michael Bontch-Osmolovski, Mikhail Glinskaya, Elena
author_facet	Lokshin, Michael Bontch-Osmolovski, Mikhail Glinskaya, Elena
author_sort	Lokshin, Michael
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
title_fullStr	Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed	Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal
title_sort	work-related migration and poverty reduction in nepal
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7585341/work-related-migration-poverty-reduction-nepal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7123
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Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal

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