Remittances, Income Distribution, and Rural Asset Accumulation
| dc.creator | Adams, Richard H., Jr. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T20:14:41Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T05:26:13Z | |
| dc.description | This paper examines the direct, first-rounds impact of two types of remittances—internal and external remittances—on income distribution and asset accumulation in rural Pakistan. Using income decomposition techniques on a three-year panel household data set, the paper finds that internal remittances have a positive effect on equity and that external remittances have a negative effect. The study also uses an asset-accumulation model to pinpoint the effect of remittances on five types of rural assets: irrigated land owned, rainfed land owned, livestock assets, agricultural capital, and nonfarm assets. The results show that remittances do have an effect on rural asset accumulation. While external remittances have a positive and significant effect on the accumulation of land, internal remittances have a positive and significant effect on the accumulation of agricultural capital. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.97305 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/97305/files/Remittance_%20income%20distribution%20and%20rural%20asset%20accumulation.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/97305 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/563620 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/97305 | |
| dc.title | Remittances, Income Distribution, and Rural Asset Accumulation | |
| dc.type | Text |