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  "title": "How Do Migration and Remittances Affect Inequality? A Case Study of Mexico",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, June 14, 2018",
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  "summary": "The poverty-reducing effects of remittances have been well-documented, however, their effects on inequality are less clear. This paper examines the impact of remittances on inequality in Mexico using household-level information on the receiving side.",
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      "heading": "Summary and research question",
      "content": "- Examines the impact of remittances on inequality in Mexico using household-level information on the receiving side.\n- Investigates the insurance role of remittances by analyzing their behavior during two crises: the 1994 Mexican Peso crisis and the Global Financial Crisis.\n- Core finding: remittances lower inequality and become more pro-poor over time as migration opportunities become more widespread, strengthening their insurance effects and mitigating some of the negative impact of shocks on the poorest."
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    {
      "heading": "Empirical approach and scope",
      "content": "- Data: household-level information on remittance-receiving households in Mexico (receiving side).\n- Crisis cases analyzed:\n  - 1994 Mexican Peso crisis\n  - Global Financial Crisis\n- Research context: IMF Working Paper describing research in progress."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Remittances lower inequality.\n- Remittances become more pro-poor over time as migration opportunities become more widespread.\n- Increased pro-poor orientation of remittances strengthens their insurance effects, mitigating some negative impacts of shocks on the poorest."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Balance of payments; Global financial crisis of 2008-2009; Income; Income distribution; Income inequality; Migration; National accounts; Population and demographics; Remittances.\n- Keywords: center; decile point; determinants of remittance; Gini coefficient; Global; Income; Income distribution; income distribution migrant; Income inequality; inequality; Migration; migration flow; migration opportunity; No. of child; No. of elderly; remittance; remittance receipt; remittance-receiving household; remittances; remittances relative; WP.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- How Do Migration and Remittances Affect Inequality? A Case Study of Mexico, WP/18/136, June 2018\n  - How Do Migration and Remittances Affect Inequality? A Case Study of Mexico, WP/18/136, June 2018 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - How Do Migration and Remittances Affect Inequality? A Case Study of Mexico, WP/18/136, June 2018 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2018/06/14/how-do-migration-and-remittances-affect-inequality-a-case-study-of-mexico-45926"
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    "Authors: Zsoka Koczan, Franz Loyola",
    "Published: June 14, 2018",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484361634.001",
    "Examines the impact of remittances on inequality in Mexico using household-level information on the receiving side.",
    "Investigates the insurance role of remittances by analyzing their behavior during two crises: the 1994 Mexican Peso crisis and the Global Financial Crisis.",
    "Core finding: remittances lower inequality and become more pro-poor over time as migration opportunities become more widespread, strengthening their insurance effects and mitigating some of the negative impact of shocks on the poorest.",
    "Data: household-level information on remittance-receiving households in Mexico (receiving side).",
    "Crisis cases analyzed:",
    "Research context: IMF Working Paper describing research in progress.",
    "Remittances lower inequality.",
    "Remittances become more pro-poor over time as migration opportunities become more widespread.",
    "Increased pro-poor orientation of remittances strengthens their insurance effects, mitigating some negative impacts of shocks on the poorest.",
    "Subjects: Balance of payments; Global financial crisis of 2008-2009; Income; Income distribution; Income inequality; Migration; National accounts; Population and demographics; Remittances.",
    "Keywords: center; decile point; determinants of remittance; Gini coefficient; Global; Income; Income distribution; income distribution migrant; Income inequality; inequality; Migration; migration flow; migration opportunity; No. of child; No. of elderly; remittance; remittance receipt; remittance-receiving household; remittances; remittances relative; WP.",
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