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Remittances and Development in The Western Balkans: The Cases of Macedonia, Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina - Couverture souple

 
9783639700541: Remittances and Development in The Western Balkans: The Cases of Macedonia, Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina
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ISBN 10 : 3639700546 ISBN 13 : 9783639700541
Editeur : Scholars' Press, 2013

Synopsis

The objective of this study is to investigate the developmental effects of remittances on poverty, inequality and self-employment in three Balkan countries: Macedonia, Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and to put them in the light of three pertinent issues therein: ethnicity, the urban-rural divide and the gender of the household head. First, results suggest a positive role of remittances for poverty in Macedonia and Kosovo, but not in Bosnia. Second, results for Macedonia and Kosovo suggest that remittances have been slightly increasing inequality before the crisis, while during it, they have been reducing inequality. Opposite findings are obtained for Bosnia-Herzegovina. Third, results suggest that remittances in Macedonia play a positive role for the decision to establish an own business, but the effect is small, so that it becomes meaningful only for households who receive the highest amounts of remittances. In Kosovo, remittances were overall found not to be relevant for the decision one to self-employ himself. Further contrary to the two cases, remittances in Bosnia-Herzegovina were found to reduce one’s probability to self-employ.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The objective of this study is to investigate the developmental effects of remittances on poverty, inequality and self-employment in three Balkan countries: Macedonia, Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and to put them in the light of three pertinent issues therein: ethnicity, the urban-rural divide and the gender of the household head. First, results suggest a positive role of remittances for poverty in Macedonia and Kosovo, but not in Bosnia. Second, results for Macedonia and Kosovo suggest that remittances have been slightly increasing inequality before the crisis, while during it, they have been reducing inequality. Opposite findings are obtained for Bosnia-Herzegovina. Third, results suggest that remittances in Macedonia play a positive role for the decision to establish an own business, but the effect is small, so that it becomes meaningful only for households who receive the highest amounts of remittances. In Kosovo, remittances were overall found not to be relevant for the decision one to self-employ himself. Further contrary to the two cases, remittances in Bosnia-Herzegovina were found to reduce one’s probability to self-employ.

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Éditeur
Scholars' Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639700546
ISBN 13 
9783639700541
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
148
Éditeur
Petreski Marjan, Jovanovic Branimir
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Personne responsable
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