The poverty effect of remittance flows: evidence from Georgia

0334251 - NHÚ 2010 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Uzagalieva, Ainura - Menezes, A. G.
The poverty effect of remittance flows: evidence from Georgia.
Post-Communist Economies. Roč. 21, č. 4 (2009), s. 453-474. ISSN 1463-1377. E-ISSN 1465-3958
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70850503
Keywords : poverty effects of emmigration * remittance flows * Gergia * computable general equilibrium model
Subject RIV: AH - Economics
Impact factor: 0.196, year: 2009

The main purpose of this study is to analyse the poverty effects of emigration and inward remittance flows through direct and indirect channels within the context of a standard computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. For that purpose we use a novel approach in modeling a social accounting matrix (SAM)-based CGE model by combining an original data set containing rich, highly-disaggregated household budget suveys with detailed macro-level data for Georgia. A distinctive contribution of this study is the attention paid to regional differences in terms of market access and transaction costs, in addition to households' factor endowments and consumption patterns.
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