KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys 2016

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Niger, Nige..., 2016 - 2017

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Reference ID

WLD_2016_KNOMAD-ILO-MCS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) & International Labour Organization (ILO)

Collection(s)

Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Dec 11, 2017

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2016 constant USD equivalent of amount_current (amount_currentUSD2016)

Data file: 2016_knomad_ilo_mcs

Overview

Valid: 1987

Invalid: 467

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 5824.876

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 3867

End: 3881

Width: 15

Range: 0 - 5824.8759765625

Format: Numeric

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

2016 constant US dollar equivalents of variables: monetary variables with the extension “USD2016" are 2016 constant US dollar counterparts to the monetary variables expressed in original currencies. The conversion allows for direct comparison of costs across corridors with different currencies. 2016 constant US dollar values are placed right by their original currency values in the dataset. Construction of the variables includes two steps. First, exchange rate between the two currencies in appropriate year was applied. Second, nominal dollar values were converted to constant 2016 dollar values using the US consumer price indexes (CPIs). World Development Indicators database served as a source of both exchange rates and inflation data.

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