The paper assesses the costs and household level benefits of migrating overseas from Bangladesh. The authors survey households who have had overseas migrants to assess their characteristics compared to non-migrants. They also compute various types of migration and remittance related transaction costs and discuss the channels by which overseas migration is financed, remittances sent and the constraints faced by the poorest. Using the Propensity Score...
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2009/08/01
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政策研究报告
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WPS5018
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Who migrates overseas and is it worth their while ? an assessment of household survey data from Bangladesh
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migrant