Migration, remittances and micro-finance in rural Mexico
Using quantitative and qualitative techniques we gathered a 334 household basedata from three rural municipalities in Mexico to estimate through an instrumental variables model the impact of labor migration and remittances in household’s agricultural yield and financial constrain...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Revista Cimexus |
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| Online Access: | http://cimexus.umich.mx/index.php/cim1/article/view/72/65 |
| Summary: | Using quantitative and qualitative techniques we gathered a 334 household basedata from three rural municipalities in Mexico to estimate through an instrumental variables model the impact of labor migration and remittances in household’s agricultural yield and financial constraints. We found a positive
effect of migration on agriculture yield and a negative impact of migration on financial liquidity maybe due to the migration is often financed by their own savings or borrowing of the household because of lack of liquidity, raising a vicious circle of migration and lack of credit. |
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| ISSN: | 2007-9206 2007-9206 |