Do migrant remittances promote human capital formation? Evidence from 89 developing countries
The few published empirical studies on the effect of migrant remittances on educational attainments are roughly based on cross-sectional microdata from household surveys. This paper applies the generalised method of moments (GMM) estimator on aggregate level data from 1970 to 2010 in five-year inter...
Main Authors: | Ngoma, Abubakar Lawan, Ismail, Normaz Wana |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2013
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28338/1/Do%20migrant%20remittances%20promote%20human%20capital%20formation.pdf |
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