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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
A Test of the New Economics of Labor Migration Hypothesis: Evidence from Rural Kenya
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| Autores: |
Sindi, Kirimi
Kirimi, Lilian
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| Data: |
2006-06-01
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Labor and Human Capital
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| Resumo: |
Replaced with revised version of paper 11/01/06.
The objective of this paper is to test the new economics of labor migration theory (NELM) using panel data on rural farm households in Kenya. There are no significant migration-induced labor losses while number of migrants rather than level of remittances, positively influence crop and total farm income. Unlike findings from other studies, crop income does not decrease as migrants leave their households. The implication is that this finding may not support the predictions of NELM, that migration is associated with lost-labor effects which may be partially or fully offset by remittances. However, study findings indicate that taken together, migration and remittances play a role in production activities of migrant-sending households.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
21911
http://purl.umn.edu/21257
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
American Agricultural Economics Association>2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA
Selected Paper 156909
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| Formato: |
24
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