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-monotonic: remittances seem to decrease economic inequality in communities with a long migration tradition but to increase inequality within … communities at the beginning of the migration process. This is consistent with different theoretical arguments regarding the role … of migration networks and/or the dynamics of wealth transmission between successive generations. …