ABSTRACT This paper investigates dynamic effects of remittances on households’ poverty and income distribution. Using state-of-the-art matching techniques, we measure impacts based on counterfactual scenarios, and make a step forward by applying for the first time a dose-response function approach to assess poverty effects due to variations in the time-length of receiving remittances. Our results suggest that remittances alleviate both absolute and relative poverty levels and lead to a marginal increase in inequality in the case of Kosovo. We further demonstrate that – although poverty reduction effects are stronger in the short-run – remittances have a positive poverty reduction effect over time. These findings have important welfare policy implications for low- and middle income economies with a high dependency on remittances.

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用来自科索沃的证据衡量汇款对贫困和不平等的动态影响

摘要 本文研究了汇款对家庭贫困和收入分配的动态影响。使用最先进的匹配技术，我们根据反事实情景来衡量影响，并通过首次应用剂量反应函数方法来评估由于接受时间长度的变化而导致的贫困影响，从而向前迈进了一步。汇款。我们的研究结果表明，在科索沃，汇款减轻了绝对和相对贫困水平，并导致不平等程度略有增加。我们进一步证明，虽然短期内减贫效果更强，但随着时间的推移，汇款具有积极的减贫效果。这些发现对高度依赖汇款的中低收入经济体具有重要的福利政策影响。