Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Siegel, Melissa
Author-Email: Melisssa.siegel@mastrichtuniversity.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT/MGSoG
Author-Name: Waidler, Jennifer
Author-Email: j.waidlerheisecke@alumni.maastrichtuniversity.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT/MGSoG
Title: Migration and multi-dimensional poverty in Moldovan communities  
Abstract: This paper aims to understand the links between migration and poverty at 
	 the community level. Most of the research to date on the links between 
	 migration and poverty has been conducted at the micro level, while 
	 research related to migration and development more broadly usually 
	 focuses on the specific micro or the broader macro level. This paper 
	 adds to the existing literature by focusing specifically on the 
	 community level using data collected in the second half of 2011 in 180 
	 Moldova communities. This paper examines four dimensions of poverty at 
	 the community level, namely: 1) infrastructure, 2) education, 3) 
	 livelihood and 4) health. We look at different rates of poverty by 
	 migration/remittance prevalence and country destination. We find that 
	 communities with higher rates of migration are significantly associated 
	 with a higher level of deprivation in infrastructure and the 
	 multi-dimensional index, while we find no significant results for 
	 remittances sent to the community. Community size and average income as 
	 well as region and proximity to the capital all show significant results 
	 of the different dimensions of well-being.   
Classification-JEL: O12, O15, Y80, Z13, Z18
Keywords: Migration, Remittances, Economic Development, Poverty, Moldova, Community
	 Development, Social Development, Deprivation
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2012
Number: 2012-077
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2012/wp2012-077.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2012077