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The Effect of Remittances on Subjective Poverty During Tough Times: The Evidence from Syria

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  • Farid Makhlouf

    (IRMAPE - Institut de Recherche en Management et Pays Emergents - ESC PAU - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Pau Business School)

  • Mouna Abboud

    (Alfurat University)

  • Kamal Kasmaoui

    (IRMAPE - Institut de Recherche en Management et Pays Emergents - ESC PAU - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Pau Business School)

Abstract

This note analyses the impact of remittances on subjective poverty in the Latakia region in Syria. By using an online survey, results suggest that people who receive remittances are less likely to be significantly exposed to subjective poverty. Remittances have a meaningful effect on the well-being of the households receiving them despite an acute economic and political crisis.

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  • Farid Makhlouf & Mouna Abboud & Kamal Kasmaoui, 2020. "The Effect of Remittances on Subjective Poverty During Tough Times: The Evidence from Syria," Working Papers hal-02903140, HAL.
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    Keywords

    Remittances; Tough times; Syria; Subjective Poverty JEL classifications: F24; I31; Q34; Tough Times;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • Q34 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Natural Resources and Domestic and International Conflicts

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