Remittances, expenditure patterns, and gender: Parametric and semiparametric evidence from Ecuador

This study estimates the impact of migrants' remittances on households' spending decisions in Ecuador. Applying both parametric and semiparametric techniques, we find strong evidence that remittances enhance expenditures on education, health, and housing, but decrease expenditures on food....

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Published in:IZA journal of migration 2013-01, Vol.2 (1), p.1-19, Article 1
Main Author: Göbel, Kristin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consumer spending
Demography
Economics
Economics and Finance
Gender
Human capital
Immigration
Labor Economics
Latvia
migrants
Migration
naturalisation
non-citizens
Original Article
Population Economics
Remittances
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Summary:This study estimates the impact of migrants' remittances on households' spending decisions in Ecuador. Applying both parametric and semiparametric techniques, we find strong evidence that remittances enhance expenditures on education, health, and housing, but decrease expenditures on food. This supports the hypotheses that these inflows result in a stronger human capital accumulation and therefore improve the long-run production possibilities. We do not find strong differences in the impact on expenditure patterns of male and female household heads. The sex of the remitter and the receiver affects the expenditure behavior only slightly.
ISSN:2193-9039
2193-9039
DOI:10.1186/2193-9039-2-1