Remittances and Microenterprises in Mexico

By Christopher Woodruff, R. Zenteno. 2001

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Remittances : the new development mantra? (2004, background): “Within the ten states with the highest rate of migration from Mexico to the United States, almost a third of the capital invested in micro-enterprises was associated with remittances (Woodruff and Zenteno, 2001).”
Remittances flow and financial development in Bangladesh (2011, background): “Several other studies (Maimbo and Ratha, 2005; Woodruff and Zenteno, 2001; Yang, 2005) suggest a positive relationship between remittances recipient families and entrepreneurship.”
Immigration and International Trade: A Semiparametric Empirical Investigation (2005, background): “In another work, Woodruff and Zenteno (2004) looked at the impact of remittances by migrants on the capital invested in micro-enterprises in urban”
Investing cash transfers to raise long term living standards (2006, background): “While not related directly to cash transfer programs, studies by Yang (2005) and Woodruff and Zenteno (2001), show that remittances are used as capital to invest in microenterprises in the Philippines and Mexico, respectively.”
Work-Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal (2007, methodology): “Relying on a similar identification strategy, Woodruff and Zenteno (2001) and McKenzie and Rapoport (2005) analyze the effects of migration on children’s health and schooling outcomes in Mexico; Du et al. (2005) study the relationship between migration and rural poverty in China; and Taylor and…”