The impact of remittances and equivalence scales on poverty in Tajikistan.

The aim of this paper is to study the impact of remittances from labour migrants on welfare, as well as the impact of the use of equivalence scales on poverty, in Tajikistan. The magnitude of remittances sent back is fairly well known from official statistics (e.g. the amount of remittances is regul...

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Publicado en:Central Asian Survey Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 395 - 409
Autores principales: Betti, Gianni, Lundgren, Lars
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2012
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          Betti, Gianni
          Lundgren, Lars
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          Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Siena, Italy
          Statistics Sweden, Stockholm
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        Tajikistan
        Poverty
        Consumption (Economics)
        Household surveys
        Remittances
        Equivalence scales (Economics)
        Tajikistan economy, 1991-
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          Household surveys
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          Remittances
          Equivalence scales (Economics)
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