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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Remittances, Income Distribution, and Rural Asset Accumulation
Autores: | Adams,   Richard H., Jr.
Data: | 2010-11-29
Ano: | 1996
Palavras-chave: | Income Distribution; Land Use; Agricultural Economics; Livestock; Pakistan; Consumer/Household Economics.
Resumo: | This paper examines the direct, first-rounds impact of two types of remittances—internal and external remittances—on income distribution and asset accumulation in rural Pakistan. Using income decomposition techniques on a three-year panel household data set, the paper finds that internal remittances have a positive effect on equity and that external remittances have a negative effect. The study also uses an asset-accumulation model to pinpoint the effect of remittances on five types of rural assets: irrigated land owned, rainfed land owned, livestock assets, agricultural capital, and nonfarm assets. The results show that remittances do have an effect on rural asset accumulation. While external remittances have a positive and significant effect on the accumulation of land, internal remittances have a positive and significant effect on the accumulation of agricultural capital.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/97305

Relação:

International Food Policy Research Institute&gt;FCND Discussion Papers

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