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|a Yang, Dean
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|a International migration, human capital, and entrepreneurship
|h Elektronische Ressource
|b evidence from Philippine migrants' exchange rate shocks
|c Dean Yang
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|a [Washington, D.C]
|b World Bank
|c 2005
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|a Foreign exchange rates / Philippines
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|a Human capital / Philippines
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|a Households / Economic aspects / Philippines
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|a Financial crises / Asia
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|a Emigrant remittances / Philippines
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|a World Bank
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|a World Bank E-Library Archive
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|a Policy research working paper
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|a Includes bibliographical references. - Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/18/2005
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|u http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/workingpaper/10.1596/1813-9450-3578
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|a "Millions of households in developing countries receive financial support from family members working overseas. How do the economic prospects of overseas migrants affect origin-household investments-in particular, in child human capital and household enterprises? Yang examines Philippine households' responses to overseas members' economic shocks. Overseas Filipinos work in dozens of foreign countries which experienced sudden (and heterogeneous) changes in exchange rates due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Appreciation of a migrant's currency against the Philippine peso leads to increases in household remittances received from overseas. The estimated elasticity of Philippine peso remittances with respect to the Philippine/foreign exchange rate is 0.60. In addition, these positive income shocks lead to enhanced human capital accumulation and entrepreneurship in origin households. Favorable migrant shocks lead to greater child schooling, reduced child labor, and increased educational expenditure in origin households. More favorable exchange rate shocks also raise hours worked in self-employment and lead to greater entry into relatively capital-intensive enterprises by migrants' origin households. "--World Bank web site
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