Does Migration Reshape Expenditures in Rural Households? Evidence from Mexico

Does Migration Reshape Expenditures in Rural Households? Evidence from Mexico

Migration reshapes rural economies in ways that may go beyond the contribution of migrant remittances to household income. Consumption and investment expenditures by migrant-sending households may transmit some of the impacts of migration to others inside and outside the rural economy, and they also...

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Main Authors: Taylor, J. Edward, Mora, Jorge
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ALLOCATION MODELS
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
CAPITA INCOME
COMMODITIES
COMMUNITIES
CONSUMER
CONSUMER DEMAND
CONSUMER GOODS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
DURABLE GOODS
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EFFECT OF REMITTANCES
EFFECTS OF REMITTANCES
EQUATIONS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPENDITURES
HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
INCOME
INCOMES
INCREASE IN REMITTANCES
INHABITANTS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INVESTMENT CHOICES
INVESTMENT EXPENDITURES
LABOR MARKETS
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO CONSUME
MARKET PRICES
MIGRANT REMITTANCES
MIGRANTS
OPPORTUNITY COST
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCE RECEIPTS
REMITTANCE TRANSFER
REMITTANCE USE
REMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS
REMITTANCES
RISK AVERSION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL ECONOMY
SALES
SHADOW PRICES
SUPERMARKETS
URBAN COMMUNITIES
USE OF REMITTANCES
VILLAGES
WAGE WORK
WEALTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567904/migration-reshape-expenditures-rural-households-evidence-mexico
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8785

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567904/migration-reshape-expenditures-rural-households-evidence-mexico
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8785

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