Labor Supply and Time Allocation in Remittance-Receiving Households: Evidence from Rural Pakistan

Labor Supply and Time Allocation in Remittance-Receiving Households: Evidence from Rural Pakistan

This paper analyzes how remittance receipts affect labor force participation and daily time allocation of individuals residing in remittance-receiving households of rural Pakistan. In particular, I use the first Time-Use Survey of Pakistan (2007) to assess how members of remittance-receiving househo...

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Main Author: Zahid, Hamza
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Remittances
Time Allocation
Time Use Survey
Pakistan
Labor Supply
Propensity Score Matching
Moral Hazard
Work Quantity Constraints
New Economics of Labor Migration Theory
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10222/15779

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http://hdl.handle.net/10222/15779

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