The Link between International Remittances and Private Interhousehold Transfers
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Keywords
international remittances; interhousehold transfers; mutual insurance; Ethiopia;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D19 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Other
- F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
- R20 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2012-06-25 (Africa)
- NEP-IAS-2012-06-25 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-MIG-2012-06-25 (Economics of Human Migration)
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