Migration, remittances, and inequality: estimating the net effects of migration on income distribution

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 307-331

  Barham, Bradford ^a   Boucher, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; MIGRANTS' REMITTANCES; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0032052930     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(98)90038-4     Document Type: Article

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