What is the impact of international remittances on poverty and inequality in Latin America?

被引：233

作者：

Acosta, Pablo ^{[1
]}

Calderon, Cesar ^{[2
]}

Fajnzylber, Pablo ^{[2
]}

Lopez, Humberto ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Corp Andina Fomento, Caracas, Venezuela

[2] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2008年 / 36卷 / 01期

关键词：

remittances; growth; inequality; poverty; Latin America;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.02.016

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 [理论经济学]; 020105 [世界经济]; 03 [法学]; 0303 [社会学];

摘要：

Workers' remittances have become a major source of income for developing countries. However, little is still known about their impact on poverty and inequality. Using a large cross-country panel dataset, we find that remittances in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have increased growth and reduced inequality and poverty. These results are robust to the use of different instruments that attempt to correct for the potential endogeneity of remittances. Household survey-based estimates for 10 LAC countries confirm that remittances have negative albeit relatively small inequality and poverty-reducing effects, even after imputations for the potential home earnings of migrants. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：89 / 114

页数：26

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