Publications
- The Impact of Migration and Remittances on Wealth Accumulation and Distribution in Rural Thailand
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- by Garip, Filiz
- This paper studies the impact of internal migration and remittance flows on wealth accumulation
and distribution in 22 rural villages in Nang Rong, Thailand. Using data from 943 households,
the study constructs indices of household productive and consumer assets with principal
components analysis. The changes in these indices from 1994 to 2000 are modeled as a function
of households’ prior migration and remittance behavior while correcting for potential selectivity
bias with propensity score matching. The findings show that rich households face a decrease in
productive assets due to migration of their members, while poor households with migrants gain
productive assets and improve their relative status in their communities. These results suggest an
equalizing effect of migration and remittance flows on wealth distribution in rural Thailand.
- Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
- Published Date: September 2010
- Field of Interest: International Relations
- Garip, Filiz. "The Impact of Migration and Remittances on Wealth Accumulation and Distribution in Rural Thailand." Working Paper
2010-0010, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard
University, September 2010.
