inter american development bank banco interamericano de desarrollo bid research department departamento investigación working paper 571 international remittances and income inequality an empirical investigation by valerie koechlin gianmarco león universidad del pacífico up october 2006 cataloging in publication data provided the felipe herrera library p cm papers includes bibliographical references 1 migrant 2 immigrant 3 distribution i ii dept iii title iv series hb523 k633 304 8 dc22 1300 new york avenue nw washington dc 20577 views interpretations this document are those of authors should not be attributed to or any individual acting on its behalf may freely reproduced credit is given res produces a quarterly newsletter idea ideas for americas as well books diverse economic issues obtain complete list