Heterogeneity in the Intrahousehold Allocation of International Remittances: Evidence from Philippine Households

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 854-875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie Pajaron
Keyword(s):  
Intrahousehold Allocation ◽  
International Remittances

International Remittances and Private Healthcare in Kerala, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-460
Author(s):  
Mohd Imran Khan ◽  
Valatheeswaran C.
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Variable ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Healthcare Expenditure ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Private Healthcare ◽  
International Remittances ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Instrumental Variable Approach

The inflow of international remittances to Kerala has been increasing over the last three decades. It has increased the income of recipient households and enabled them to spend more on human capital investment. Using data from the Kerala Migration Survey-2010, this study analyses the impact of remittance receipts on the households’ healthcare expenditure and access to private healthcare in Kerala. This study employs an instrumental variable approach to account for the endogeneity of remittances receipts. The empirical results show that remittance income has a positive and significant impact on households’ healthcare expenditure and access to private healthcare services. After disaggregating the sample into different heterogeneous groups, this study found that remittances have a greater effect on lower-income households and Other Backward Class (OBC) households but not Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) households, which remain excluded from reaping the benefit of international migration and remittances.

Philanthropy, Remittances and Identity: The Case of London-based Sri Lankans

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Kabir ◽  
R.L. Stirrat
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Major Topic ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
International Remittances ◽  
The World ◽  
Personal Histories

Although expatriate remittances are a major topic of study in the world of development, relatively little research has taken place on the motives and meanings of international remittances. This article examines Sri Lankan expatriates in the United Kingdom. It focuses on charitable and philanthropic activities and argues that these can only be understood within the context of the personal histories of the donors.

Gender Bias in Intrahousehold Allocation: Evidence from an Unintentional Experiment

2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 552-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis H. B. Braido ◽  
Pedro Olinto ◽  
Helena Perrone
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Intrahousehold Allocation

scholarly journals Remesas y agencia económica de las universitarias en el Valle del Mezquital

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Rosa María Huerta Mata
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Young Women ◽  
The State ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Support Network ◽  
International Remittances ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Connection ◽  
Economic Agency

The article’s objective is to analyze the economic agency acquired by university students through the international remittances support network. During September and October 2019, five indepth interviews were conducted with female law students from the Actopan Higher School of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo. Young women’s households receive remittances whose function is to help them economically, a network built through the family connection with their maternal uncles. The student’s mothers are sorors which allows young women to obtain economic agency. This analysis contributes to the knowledge about one of the effects of remittances on households in the Mezquital Valley, Mexico. The results of the study only focus on one region of the country.

scholarly journals Effects of International and Internal Remittances on Financial Inclusion in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-123
Author(s):  
John Gartchie Gatsi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Financial Integration ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
International Money ◽  
International Remittances ◽  
Analytical Review ◽  
Money Transfers ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the relationship between remittances and financial inclusion in Ghana. The data for the study was extracted from the results of an analytical review of the living standards survey indicators in Ghana. The methodological tools of the study are represented by a regression equation based on the use of the Force Entry Method to test the functioning of variables in the model. The study empirically confirms and theoretically proves that domestic remittances have a positive and significant impact on access to financial services, while international remittances affect the likelihood of opening a bank account, but do not have any significant impact on applying for a loan and lending to remittance households. It is substantiated that domestic and international money transfers have a significant positive impact on the opening of bank accounts, even when forging collateral. Based on the results of calculations, the paper substantiates the conclusion that remittances contribute to increasing the availability of financial services in Ghana. It was noted that domestic remittances have a greater potential to improve financial inclusion in Ghana than international remittances. The paper emphasizes that the provision of collateral is an important lever for lending to households. Remittances will have very little impact on financial inclusion when financial institutions require collateral to facilitate the application and grant. According to the results of the study, the following recommendation were provideds: development of a strategy to improve domestic remittances to increase indicators of financial inclusion and economic development; improving the conditions for remittances, especially domestic remittances, in order to ensure their flexibility and deepen financial integration; use of domestic remittances as collateral for household loans. Keywords: collateral, financial inclusion, financial institutions, Ghana, remittances, loan application, migration.

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