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The Determinants of Worker's Remittances in Pakistan

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  • Mohammad Nishat

    (Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi.)

  • Nighat Bilgrami

    (Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi.)

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  • Mohammad Nishat & Nighat Bilgrami, 1993. "The Determinants of Worker's Remittances in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 32(4), pages 1235-1245.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:32:y:1993:i:4:p:1235-1245
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    1. Lucas, Robert E B & Stark, Oded, 1985. "Motivations to Remit: Evidence from Botswana," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 93(5), pages 901-918, October.
    2. Johnson, George E & Whitelaw, W E, 1974. "Urban-Rural Income Transfers in Kenya: An Estimated-Remittances Function," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 22(3), pages 473-479, April.
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    4. Amar Iqbal Anwar & Mazhar Yaseen Mughal, 2012. "Motives to remit: some microeconomic evidence from Pakistan," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 32(1), pages 574-585.
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