@unpublished {67546,
	title = {The Impact of Migration and Remittances on Wealth Accumulation and Distribution in Rural Thailand},
	year = {2010},
	note = {},
	month = {Sep 16, 2010},
	abstract = {This paper studies the impact of internal migration and remittance flows on wealth accumulation and distribution in 22 rural villages in Nang Rong, Thailand. Using data from 943 households, the study constructs indices of household productive and consumer assets with principal components analysis. The changes in these indices from 1994 to 2000 are modeled as a function of households{\textquoteright} prior migration and remittance behavior while correcting for potential selectivity bias with propensity score matching. The findings show that rich households face a decrease in productive assets due to migration of their members, while poor households with migrants gain productive assets and improve their relative status in their communities. These results suggest an equalizing effect of migration and remittance flows on wealth distribution in rural Thailand.},
	author = {Garip, Filiz}
}
