This study examines the asset gains to households in Kerala, India, from two types of labor migration: moving overseas versus moving within India for employment. It draws on panel data from waves of a representative household survey conducted in 1998 and 2003. Migrant households as a whole experienced higher asset gains than non-migrant families over this five-year period. Contrary to theoretical expectations, asset gains were similar for households...
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2020/05/11
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政策研究报告
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WPS9237
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2020/05/11
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Disclosed
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Migration and Asset Accumulation in South India : Comparing Gains to Internal and International Migration from Kerala
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migrant