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Overseas Filipino workers and their impact on household poverty

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  • Ducanes, Geoffrey.
  • Abella, Manolo I.

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Examines whether the outflow of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) has resulted in poverty reduction, particular for the migrants' families.

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  • Ducanes, Geoffrey. & Abella, Manolo I., 2008. "Overseas Filipino workers and their impact on household poverty," ILO Working Papers 994112233402676, International Labour Organization.
    • Handle: RePEc:ilo:ilowps:994112233402676
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    1. Cristela Dakila & Francisco G. Dakila Jr., 2006. "Modeling the Impact of Overseas Filipino Workers Remittances on the Philippine Economy," EcoMod2006 272100014, EcoMod.
    2. Mr. Robert M Burgess & Mr. V. Haksar, 2005. "Migration and Foreign Remittances in the Philippines," IMF Working Papers 2005/111, International Monetary Fund.
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    3. Geoffrey Ducanes, 2012. "Are remittances inducing laziness in households?: a reexamination of the evidence," Philippine Review of Economics, University of the Philippines School of Economics and Philippine Economic Society, vol. 49(2), pages 1-24, December.
    4. Williamson, Jeffrey G., 2017. "Philippine Inequality across the Twentieth Century: Slim Evidence but Fat Questions," CEPR Discussion Papers 12481, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    5. Melissa R Garabiles & Mira Alexis P Ofreneo & Brian J Hall, 2017. "Towards a model of resilience for transnational families of Filipina domestic workers," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(8), pages 1-20, August.
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    7. Geoffrey Ducanes, 2010. "The Case of the Missing Remittances in the FIES : Could it be causing us to mismeasure welfare changes?," UP School of Economics Discussion Papers 201004, University of the Philippines School of Economics.
    8. International Monetary Fund, 2013. "Philippines: Selected Issues," IMF Staff Country Reports 2013/103, International Monetary Fund.

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