Social Policies or Private Solidarity? : The Equalizing Role of Migration and Remittances in El Salvador

Acevedo, Carlos Gerardo and Cabrera, Maynor (2012). Social Policies or Private Solidarity? : The Equalizing Role of Migration and Remittances in El Salvador. UNU-WIDER.

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    Author Acevedo, Carlos Gerardo
    Cabrera, Maynor
    Title Social Policies or Private Solidarity? : The Equalizing Role of Migration and Remittances in El Salvador
    Volume/Issue No. 2012/13
    Publication Date 2012
    Place of Publication Helsinki
    Publisher UNU-WIDER
    Pages 24
    Language eng
    Abstract

    This paper reviews the pattern of poverty rates and income inequality in El Salvador since the 1990s. It discusses some of the likely factors that explain the reduction in income inequality that has taken place in the country in the last decade, which par
    UNU Topics of Focus Migration
    Poverty
    Keyword Emigrant remittances
    Equality and inequality
    Migration
    Internal
    Poverty
    Copyright Holder UNU-WIDER
    Copyright Year 2012
    Copyright type Fair use permitted
    ISSN 17987237
    ISBN 9789292304768
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