Who you train matters: Identifying combined effects of financial education on migrant households

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-55

  Doi, Yoko ^a   McKenzie, David ^a,b,c   Zia, Bilal ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b BREAD ^*  (Germany)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial literacy; Migration; Remittances

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LITERACY; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 84898684056     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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