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Migration, Poverty, and Social Exclusion

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Social deprivation; Social exclusion

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The lack of resources or the inability to participate to society

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Introduction

Studying the relationship between (international) migration and poverty is important, since migration was found to reduce the overall poverty level (2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; Gibson and McKenzie 2011) by impacting migrants and their families, as well as the economies of both their origin and host countries. Migrants, and their families remaining in the origin country, are better off compared to nonmigrants because they benefit from increased income (through remittances) and knowledge, which allow them to satisfy their basic needs, to access better services, and even to make investments (Clemens and Pritchett 2008). At the national level, the economies of origin countries can benefit from increased incomes, spending, and investment by migrant households, and also from knowledge transfers. The economies of host countries also...

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Rimoldi, S.M.L., Barbiano di Belgiojoso, E. (2021). Migration, Poverty, and Social Exclusion. In: Maggino, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69909-7_104672-1

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