An Econometric Analysis of The Remittance Determinants Among Ghanaians and Nigerians in The United States, United Kingdom, and Germany

Ecer, Sencer; Tompkins, Andrea

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00604.x

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“…Ecer and Tompkins () included time abroad and monthly calls home in determining connections to the home country. They included a home mortgage variable to capture financial ties to the host country.…”

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“…The higher frequency of visits implies a greater attachment to the home country and, hence, a higher level of remittances. Ecer and Tompkins () observed that migrants who called home more often had a positive and significant impact on remittances. Calling home or visiting more frequently is an indicator of a connection to kin back home and, thus, a higher level of remittances is expected.…”

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Factors Impacting Remittances by Skilled Ghanaians Abroad

Appiah-Yeboah¹,

Bosomtwi²,

Yeboah

2012

International Migration

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A recent body of thought has arisen contending that skilled migration can have a net positive benefit for sending countries. The main underlying argument concerns the remittances that skilled migrants send back home. Using skilled Ghanaian migrants abroad, in this study we examine the factors that impact remittances. We drew our sample from Ghanaian professional groups on social networking sites (SNSs) -Facebook and LinkedIn -supplemented by an offline sample. Our results indicate that remittances by skilled Ghanaian migrants increase as the migrant's household income increases and decrease as the time spent abroad by the skilled migrant increases. Additionally, as the level of educational attainment of the skilled migrant increases, the level of remittances decreases. Finally, the reason for remitting impacts the level of remittances. Specifically, remittances to support family in need and to finance building and investment projects positively impact the level of remittances. In conclusion, we observe that when skilled migrants have a greater attachment to their host countries, they tend to remit less. Likewise, when skilled migrants have a greater attachment to their home countries, they tend to remit more.

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Factors Impacting Remittances by Skilled Ghanaians Abroad

Appiah-Yeboah¹,

Bosomtwi²,

Yeboah

2012

International Migration

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“…Proponents of the pessimistic view argue that out-migration negatively influences migrant-sending communities because a large proportion of remittances received by households are used for consumption such as construction of bigger houses and spending on feasts, funerals, weddings, and medical bills rather than on productive investments (Adams, 2011; Massey & Basem, 1992; Brown & Ahlburg, 1999; Seddon, 2004, Hoermann & Kollmair, 2009; Reichert, 1981; de Brauw, 2007; Jokish, 2002; Adhikari, 2001; Rempel & Lobdell, 1978; Koc & Onan, 2004; Oberoi & Singh, 1980; Ecer & Tompkins, 2010). Contrastingly, the proponents of the optimistic view (New Economics of Labor Migration (NELM) theory) argue that there is a positive impact of out-migration on migrant-sending areas, most notably through the remittances migrants send back to their households (Taylor, 1999; Stark and Bloom, 1985; Taylor & Martin, 2001; Stark, 1978; Stark & Levhari, 1982; de Haas, 2007; Dey, 2015).…”

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“…For example, Adams (1998) demonstrated that in rural Pakistan, international remittances have a significantly positive effect on the accumulation of irrigated and rain-fed land or productive investment assets and not on the accumulation of non-farm or consumption assets. Oberai and Singh (1980) and Ecer and Tompkins (2010) also find that some amount of remittances is spent on productive investments such as the purchase of land, farm equipment, and raw materials such as seeds and fertilizers for farming. In India, Mohanty, Dubey, and Parida (2014) reported that the remittance-receiving households allocated higher proportion of marginal budget shares on health, education and consumer durables than those of households not receiving remittances.…”

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A calendar method of collecting remittance use data in a remittance dependent setting of Nepal

Bhandari

Chaudhary

2017

Migration and Development

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This methodological paper describes the design and refinement of a calendar method of collecting data on remittance receipt and remittance use and its piloting in a rural remittance dependent setting of Nepal. Much of the previous national surveys collected remittance receipt and remittance use cross-sectional data that used a time frame ranging from 12 – 24 months. These surveys collected remittance receipt data by asking, ‘How much money has he/she sent in the past 12 months or 2 years?’ We believe that the long time frame of one to two years adds burden to respondents for unnecessary calculations and is prone to re-call bias. Moreover, these surveys used vague words such as ‘capital formation’ or ‘daily consumption’ to measure the uses of remittances. Thus, the instrument per se is unreliable posing threats to collecting valid responses. Considering these flaws, in 2013, we designed a calendar with shorter timing cues and simple words for collecting longitudinal data on remittance receipt and remittance use. First, we describe the calendar design process. Next, we provide descriptive results of household responses on the amount of remittance received and the remittance used on various socio-economic and cultural dimensions of household activities. The implications of the insights gained from this study are discussed.

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“…altruism, self-interest, and insurance and risk sharing (Agarwal & Horowitz, 2002;Arun & Ulku, 2011;ZaiLiang & Ma, 2013;Ecer & Tompkins, 2013). It is assumed that migrants are concerned about their family members back home.…”

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Remittance Received by Households of Western Chitwan Valley, Nepal: Does Migrant’s Destination Make a Difference?

Bhandari¹

2016

Dhaulagiri

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Studies on migration in Nepal primarily focused on the causes of migration, in general. While a few studies examined the remittances received or sent by migrants, there is little information about the variation in remittances received by households by migrant's destination. Thus, this exploratory study attempts to answer: Does the extent to which households receive remittances vary by migrant's destination? Using the data collected in 2013 from the western Chitwan Valley of Nepal, the findings from multivariate analysis reveal that net of controls, both the receipt (whether a household received any remittance or not) as well as the amount of remittances received by a household varied by migrant's destination. Evidence suggests that households are less likely to receive remittances from migrants working in India (a country of low earning potential) as compared to those working in Nepal. On the other hand, households received significantly more amount of remittances from migrants working in countries with high earning potentials (such as Middle East, East or South East Asia, and America, Australia and Europe) as compared to the domestic migrants who were working inside of Nepal but outside of Chitwan. Adjusting for other factors, the largest amount of remittances was received from migrants working in the East or South East Asian countries (e.g. South Korea, Malaysia, Japan) followed by those in America, Australia, and Europe and the Middle East. The insights gained from this exploratory study are discussed.

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An Econometric Analysis of The Remittance Determinants Among Ghanaians and Nigerians in The United States, United Kingdom, and Germany

Cited by 19 publications

References 14 publications

Factors Impacting Remittances by Skilled Ghanaians Abroad

Factors Impacting Remittances by Skilled Ghanaians Abroad

A calendar method of collecting remittance use data in a remittance dependent setting of Nepal

Remittance Received by Households of Western Chitwan Valley, Nepal: Does Migrant’s Destination Make a Difference?

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