Remittances matter: Longitudinal evidence from Albania

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-97

  Duval, Laetitia ^a   Wolff, François Charles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE;

ALBANIA;

EID: 77951203292     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: 14653958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631370903525611     Document Type: Article

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