Controlling for the underreporting of remittances

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 level data from Armenia. We find evidence of systematic underreporting of remittances. After controlling for this, we find a strong negative impact of remittances on incentives to work.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Shonkwiler, J. Scott ; Grigorian, David ; Melkonyan, Tigran
Published in:	Applied Economics. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0003-6846. - Vol. 43.2011, 30, p. 4817-4826
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Journals

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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