Arbeitspapier
Remittances and income smoothing
Due to inadequate savings and binding borrowing constraints, income volatility can make households in developing countries particularly susceptible to economic hardship. We examine the role of remittances in either alleviating or increasing household income volatility using Mexican household level data over the 2000 through 2008 period. We correct for reverse causality and endogeneity and find that while income smoothing does not appear to be the main motive for sending remittances in a non-negligible share of households, remittances do indeed smooth household income on average. Other variables surrounding income volatility are also considered and evaluated.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5568
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
International Migration
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Economywide Country Studies: Latin America; Caribbean
- Thema
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remittances
income smoothing
Rücküberweisung (Migranten)
Haushaltseinkommen
Volatilität
Schätzung
Mexiko
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina
Pozo, Susan
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2011
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104133908
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina
- Pozo, Susan
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2011