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The effects of migration on poverty and inequality in rural Kosovo

The effects of migration on poverty and inequality in rural Kosovo The economic wellbeing of a large number of rural Kosovar families depends heavily on migrants’ remittances. This paper aims at analysing the impact of migration on rural poverty and inequality in Kosovo. It draws on the 2009 nationally representative Kosovo Remittance Study. Analyses are based on a comparison with counterfactual migrant household incomes derived from Propensity Score Matching. We find that remittances have no impact on the extremely poor, but lift around 40% of migrant households above the vulnerability threshold. Gini coefficients show a tendency to increase due to migration. Determinants of different outcomes of migration are explored in a logit regression on migration success. Household and income structure as well as education play a role in how migrant households climb up the income ladder. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png IZA Journal of Labor & Development Springer Journals

The effects of migration on poverty and inequality in rural Kosovo

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 by Möllers and Meyer; licensee Springer.
Subject
Economics / Management Science; Labor Economics; Population Economics
eISSN
2193-9020
DOI
10.1186/2193-9020-3-16
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Abstract

The economic wellbeing of a large number of rural Kosovar families depends heavily on migrants’ remittances. This paper aims at analysing the impact of migration on rural poverty and inequality in Kosovo. It draws on the 2009 nationally representative Kosovo Remittance Study. Analyses are based on a comparison with counterfactual migrant household incomes derived from Propensity Score Matching. We find that remittances have no impact on the extremely poor, but lift around 40% of migrant households above the vulnerability threshold. Gini coefficients show a tendency to increase due to migration. Determinants of different outcomes of migration are explored in a logit regression on migration success. Household and income structure as well as education play a role in how migrant households climb up the income ladder.

Journal

IZA Journal of Labor & DevelopmentSpringer Journals

Published: Sep 29, 2014

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