Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5070990 | Food Policy | 2011 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Short-term migration has a positive effect on overall per capita food expenditures, per capita calorie consumption and food diversity. ⺠Unlike short-term migration, there is minimal evidence of long-term migration increasing per capita calorie consumption and no evidence of a broader increase in per capita food expenditures or food diversity. ⺠The analysis provides support for the view that short-term migration is a mechanism by which households maintain food security. ⺠The lack of negative effects on sending households suggests little need for government intervention to provide particular support to migrant households. ⺠The lack of a remittance effect in the long run may point toward policies to facilitate such flows, particularly if sending regions tend to be worse off than destinations.
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Authors
Minh Cong Nguyen, Paul Winters,