Unfinished migration and structural poverty in Bolivia: An analysis based on household level electricity consumption data

Guillermo Guzmán Prudencio (), Lykke Andersen, Ariel Zeballos () and Diego Vladimir Romecín Duarte ()
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Guillermo Guzmán Prudencio: SDSN Bolivia
Ariel Zeballos: SDSN Bolivia
Diego Vladimir Romecín Duarte: SDSN Bolivia

No 03-23, SDSN Bolivia from Universidad Privada Boliviana

Abstract: The study analyses unfinished migration in Bolivia, understood as the phenomenon by which some families maintain double residence between the countryside and the city. From the analysis of household electricity consumption (as a proxy variable of their socioeconomic level), different livelihood strategies are evaluated, as well as their implications for poverty. The use of big data (more than 100 million observations) and the analytical methodology are certainly novel and propose alternative possibilities for research in applied economics.

Keywords: Bolivia; migration; poverty; electrical consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O15 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2023-06
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