common in some developing countries. They illustrate the positive stigma model using data from Guatemala. Controlling for …

score data for 3rd and 4th year primary school pupils in Guatemala and Peru, and 5th grade pupils in Mexico, the authors …

illustrate the use of this methodology, the authors apply it to the data collected for ICAs in three countries-Guatemala …

"The author uses a large household data set from Guatemala to analyze how the receipt of internal remittances (from … Guatemala) and international remittances (from the United States) affects the marginal spending behavior of households on …

Guatemala) and international remittances (from the United States) on poverty in Guatemala. With only one exception, he finds … that both internal and international remittances reduce the level, depth, and severity of poverty in Guatemala. However, he … finds that remittances have a greater impact on reducing the severity as opposed to the level of poverty in Guatemala. For …