Remittances and the human capital of children: New evidence from Kyrgyzstan during revolution and financial crisis, 2005-2009

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 770-785

  Kroeger, Antje ^a   Anderson, Kathryn H ^b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Education; Kyrgyzstan; Nutrition; Remittances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925338398     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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