Remittances and livelihood strategies : a case study in Eastern Nepal / Ranjita Nepal ; Tomasz Henning, cover illustration.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nepal, Ranjita.

Contributor:

Henning, Tomasz.

Series:

International labor migration ; v. 14.

International Labor Migration ; Volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigrant remittances--Case studies.

Emigrant remittances.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Kassel, Germany : Kassel University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Front cover ""; ""Series title ""; ""Title page ""; ""Imprint ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abstract""; ""Content""; ""List of tables""; ""List of figures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Definitions and concepts""; ""3. Theoretical framework""; ""3.1 New Economics of Labour Migration""; ""3.2 Network theory""; ""3.3 Human capital theory""; ""4. State of research""; ""4.1 Determinants of migration""; ""4.2 Determinants of remittances""; ""4.3 Socio-economic impact of migration and remittances in origin countries""; ""4.3.1 Impact on poverty""

""4.3.2 Impact on education""""4.3.3 Impact on health""; ""4.3.4 Impact on business ownership""; ""4.3.5 Impact on housing""; ""4.3.6 Impact on agriculture""; ""4.3.7 Impact on household expenditures""; ""5. Research hypotheses and conceptual framework""; ""5.1 Research hypotheses""; ""5.2 Conceptual framework""; ""6. Economic framework and migration in Nepal""; ""6.1 Natural conditions""; ""6.2 Population""; ""6.3 Economic development""; ""6.4 Foreign trade""; ""6.5 Human development index and poverty""; ""6.6 Education""; ""6.7 Employment""; ""6.8 Agricultural sector""

""6.9 Household income and expenditures""""6.10 International migration and remittances""; ""6.10.1 History of international migration in Nepal""; ""6.10.2 Migration patterns""; ""6.10.3 Remittances""; ""6.11 Labour law and migration policy in Nepal""; ""7. Research design and methodology""; ""7.1 Study area""; ""7.1.1 Selection of the study area""; ""7.1.2 Location and physical environment""; ""7.1.3 Demographic characteristics""; ""7.1.4 Development indicators""; ""7.2 Sampling unit""; ""7.3 Sampling procedure and sample size""; ""7.4 Data collection and processing""

""7.4.1 Primary data collection""""7.4.2 Secondary data collection""; ""7.4.3 Limitations and constraints faced during field survey""; ""7.4.4 Data processing""; ""7.5 Data analyses""; ""7.5.1 Logistic regression""; ""7.5.2 Multiple linear regression model""; ""7.5.3 Dealing with heteroskedasticity""; ""7.5.4 Indicator and methodology""; ""8. Descriptive analyses of surveyed households""; ""8.1 Socio-economic characteristics of the household head""; ""8.2 Composition of surveyed households""; ""8.3 Physical capital""; ""8.4 Loan""; ""8.5 Social capital""; ""8.6 Migrants characteristics""

""8.7 Reasons for international migration""""8.8 Migration process""; ""8.9 Migration costs""; ""8.10 Destination of migrants""; ""8.11 Remittance and transfer channels""; ""8.12 Impact of migration on households� socio-economic conditions""; ""8.13 Household income and expenditures""; ""8.14 Households investments""; ""8.15 Land sold""; ""9. Determinants of migration, remittances and their impacts""; ""9.1 Determinants of migration""; ""9.2 Determinants of remittances receipt""; ""9.3 Determinants of household expenditures on food, education and health""

""9.4 Determinants of household investments""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 28, 2014).

ISBN:

3-86219-429-9