Moving forward, looking back: The impact of migration and remittances on assets, consumption, and credit constraints in the rural Philippines

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-113

  Quisumbing, Agnes ^a   Mcniven, Scott ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HUMAN CAPITAL; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; RURAL AREA;

BUKIDNON; NORTHERN MINDANAO; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 72149134202     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380903197960     Document Type: Article

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