The impact of foreign remittances on poverty in Nepal: A panel study of household survey data, 1996–2011
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Keywords
Foreign remittance; Poverty; Economic well-being; Nepal; Panel data;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
- R2 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis
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