title: The importance of remittances for the level and distribution of economic well-being in Lesotho.
abstract: "Using the 1986/87 Household Budget Survey of Lesotho, we measure the extent of inequality, identify the determinants of economic well-being and decompose total inequality by population subgroups. The results show large inequality in economic well-being. Many households in Lesotho are heavily dependent on miners' remittances from the Republic of South Africa. In the study we quantify their effects on the level of well-being and the extent of inequality. It is concluded that remittances decrease inequality in Lesotho."
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authors.lastname: Gustafsson
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authors.lastname: Makonnen
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000353:Africa, Southern; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D007927:Lesotho; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Developing Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Inequalities; Lesotho; Macroeconomic Factors; Microeconomic Factors; Remittances; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status--determinants; Southern Africa; Standard Of Living