TY - BOOK ID - 134357220 TI - The Impact of Remittances On Poverty and Human Capital : Evidence From Latin American Household Surveys AU - Lopez, J. Humberto AU - Acosta, Pablo AU - Fajnzylber, Pablo PY - 2007 PB - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Debt Markets KW - Finance and Financial Sector Development KW - Health, Nutrition and Population KW - Household Surveys KW - Human Capital KW - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth KW - Migrant KW - Migration KW - Policy Research KW - Policy Research Working Paper KW - Population Policies KW - Poverty Reduction KW - Progress KW - Recipient countries KW - Remittances KW - Respect KW - Rural Development KW - Rural Poverty Reduction UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134357220 AB - This paper explores the impact of remittances on poverty, education, and health in 11 Latin American countries using nationally representative household surveys and making an explicit attempt to account for one of the inherent costs associated with migration-the potential income that the migrant may have made at home. The main findings of the study are the following: (1) regardless of the counterfactual used remittances appear to lower poverty levels in most recipient countries; (2) yet despite this general tendency, the estimated impacts tend to be modest; and (3) there is significant country heterogeneity in the poverty reduction impact of remittances' flows. Among the aspects that have been identified in the paper that may lead to varying outcomes across countries are the percentage of households reporting remittances income, the share of remittances of recipient households belonging to the lowest quintiles of the income distribution, and the relative importance of remittances flows with respect to GDP. While remittances tend to have positive effects on education and health, this impact is often restricted to specific groups of the population. ER -