Garbage in, gospel out? : controlling for the underreporting of remittances

Garbage in, gospel out? : controlling for the underreporting of remittances / prepared by J. Scott Shonkwiler, David A. Grigorian, and Tigran A. Melkonyan.

Empirical studies that use self-reported data on remittances to measure the latter's impact on microeconomic incentives mostly ignore the potential errors associated with reporting/measurement issues. An econometric procedure to control for these errors is developed and applied to household-lev...

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Main Authors: Shonkwiler, J. S. (John Scott) (Author), Grigorian, David A. (Author), Melkonyan, Tigran A. (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Department
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, ©2008.
©2008
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/08/230.
Subjects:
Migrant remittances > Armenia > Econometric models.
Households > Armenia > Econometric models.
Public welfare > Armenia > Econometric models.
Labor market > Armenia > Econometric models.
Households > Econometric models
Labor market > Econometric models
Public welfare > Econometric models
Armenia
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction; II. Literature Review; III. Econometric Model; A. Latent treatment of remittances; B. Labor supply model; C. Background and Data Description; IV. Model Specification and Estimation; A. Equation Specification; B. Model Estimation; V. Conclusions; Tables; 1. Joint Model Estimation; 2. Definitions of Variables; References

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