To sew or not to sew ? assessing the welfare effects of the garment industry in Cambodia (English)

This paper uses the 2011 Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey to analyze the relationship between participation in the garment industry and household welfare. The analysis relies on propensity score matching estimators to investigate whether households that have at least one member employed in the textile and apparel sector are better off than those who do not participate in the garment industry, in terms of several monetary and non-monetary welfare indicators...

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Mejia-Mantilla,Carolina;

Woldemichae,Martha Tesfaye;
Document Date
2017/05/16
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8061
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Cambodia,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2017/05/16
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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To sew or not to sew ? assessing the welfare effects of the garment industry in Cambodia
Keywords
total amount of remittance

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Mejia-Mantilla,Carolina; Woldemichae,Martha Tesfaye.

To sew or not to sew ? assessing the welfare effects of the garment industry in Cambodia (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8061 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700631494941118323

To sew or not to sew ? assessing the welfare effects of the garment industry in Cambodia (English)

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