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Migration, Remittances and Poverty in Ecuador

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: We analyse the influence of the recent wave of migration on the incidence of poverty among stayers in Ecuador. We draw our data from a survey that provides detailed information on migrants. The analysis reveals a significant negative effect of migration on poverty among migrant households. This effect is substantially smaller than the one that we find focusing on recipient households. We explore the factors that account for this divergence. Our analysis entails that the existing empirical evidence on the relationship between remittances and poverty does not need to be informative about the size of the direct poverty-reduction potential of migration.

Source: The Journal of Development Studies

DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.919382

Authors: Simone Bertoli, Francesca Marchetta

Institutions: Université Clermont Auvergne, Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International

Language: English

Topic: Migration and Labor Dynamics

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2019495778

FWCI: 29.31

Cites: 92

Cited by: 104

Related to: 10