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Remittances and the Prevalence of Working Poor
Abstract : This paper focuses on the relationships between remittances and the share of individuals working for less than 2$ US per day. It is based on an original panel dataset containing information related to remittances in about 80 developing countries and to the number of workers being paid less than 2 dollars per day as well. Even after factoring in the endogeneity of remittance inflows the results suggest that remittances lead to a decrease in the prevalence of working poor in receiving economies. This effect is stronger in a context of high macroeconomic volatility but is mitigated by the unpredictability of remittances: remittances are more effective to decreasing the share of working poor when they are easily predictable. Moreover, domestic finance and remittances appear as substitutes: remittances are less efficient in reducing the prevalence of working poor whenever finance is available.
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https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00585004
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Contributeur : Cerdi Etudes & Documents - Publications <>
Soumis le : lundi 11 avril 2011 - 15:11:05
Dernière modification le : jeudi 26 septembre 2019 - 16:29:27
Document(s) archivé(s) le : mardi 12 juillet 2011 - 02:50:32
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