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Migration effects on living standards of the left behind. The case of overcrowding levels in Ecuadorian households
- Source :
- Dipòsit Digital de la UB, Universidad de Barcelona, Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier B.V., 2019.
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Abstract
- This paper reports an investigation of the effects of international migration on left-behind household overcrowding levels in Ecuador, a traditional migrating country. To do so, we use the universe of the Ecuadorian population collected in the Census of Population and Dwelling 2010. Using an instrumental variable regression model, we find a negative association between international migration and the overcrowding level of such household. Additionally, we verify the key role of remittances in order to ameliorate the overcrowding in the left-behind.
- Subjects :
- Migració (Població)
Cost and standard of living
health care facilities, manpower, and services
Population
0211 other engineering and technologies
0507 social and economic geography
02 engineering and technology
Negative association
Standard of living
Geografia humana
Equador
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Socioeconomics
education
Nivell de vida
education.field_of_study
05 social sciences
Instrumental variable
021107 urban & regional planning
Overcrowding
social sciences
Census
Left behind
Urban Studies
Geography
Política de l'habitatge
population characteristics
Human geography
Housing policy
Ecuador
Migration (Population)
050703 geography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Dipòsit Digital de la UB, Universidad de Barcelona, Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5fd07b2537a1266ee9b64c298bb4b67f