Childcare and Familial Relations During the Migration Period

Masunda, Thebeth; Maharaj, Pranitha

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“…In addition, the majority Zimbabwean diaspora in the UK retained their jobs and worked extra hours or borrowed to send emergency cash to family in Zimbabwe' (Mbiba & Mupfumira, 2022, p. 8). By contrast, Masunda and Maharaj (2023) suggest that the pandemic negatively affected the ability of Zimbabwean households in South Africa to remit despite the increased pressures to do so from family in Zimbabwe. Our own survey results suggest that even when Zimbabweans in South Africa 'dug deep' they were unable to sustain their pre-pandemic levels of remitting.…”

Section: Pandemic Livelihood Disruptionmentioning

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Digital Disruptions in the South Africa–Zimbabwe Remittance Corridor During COVID-19

Crush,

Tawodzera

2023

Migration and Development

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant remittances has generated a great deal of confusion and debate. This article aims to test three conflicting global and local narratives about the relationship between the pandemic and remittance flows in the South Africa–Zimbabwe remittance corridor. We refer to these as remittance pessimism, remittance resilience and remittance rerouting narratives. The article presents the pre-pandemic background context of migration from Zimbabwe to South Africa, the evidence for a shift from informal to formal remitting during the pandemic, and the implications of the remittance rerouting narrative for other corridors. We find that many Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa experienced severe economic impacts including unemployment, income loss and lack of access to COVID-19 relief measures. We conclude that there was a significant increase in formal, primarily digital, remittances during the pandemic and a decline in informal remittance conveyance. We highlight the need for more research in other remittance corridors to identify similarities and differences between them in terms of COVID-19 impacts and the shift from informal to formal remittances enabled by digital platforms.

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Section: Pandemic Livelihood Disruptionmentioning

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Digital Disruptions in the South Africa–Zimbabwe Remittance Corridor During COVID-19

Crush,

Tawodzera

2023

Migration and Development

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“…Some studies, such as Zhang et al (2022) and Chattoraj and Ullah (2023), found that the pandemic deters labor force migration and remittances, and impacts household spending behavior and, hence, saving tendencies. According to Masunda and Maharaj (2023), COVID-19 has had a negative impact on remittances and familial relationships. Shastri (2022) also argued that the pandemic has reduced remittance flows in recipient countries despite altruism being a relatively dominant factor.…”

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“…Recently, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, technological developments and their uses have significantly increased, easing financial transactions and ultimately influencing the inclusion of the financial market. On the other hand, Masunda and Maharaj (2023) found that COVID-19 adversely affected remittances and familial relations. Some other studies, such as Zhang et al (2022) and Chattoraj and Ullah (2023), argue that the pandemic restricts labor force movement and remittances and affects household consumption behavior and saving tendencies.…”

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Effect of Remittance-Sending Countries’ Type on Financial Development in Recipient Countries: Can the Pandemic Make a Difference?

Forhad

Alam

Rahman

2023

JRFM

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This study examines the effect of remittances on selected recipient countries’ financial development. Using weights for bilateral remittances from 1990 to 2015, this study calculates the weighted gross national income per capita of remittance-sending countries. This study then uses the weighted gross national income as an instrument to address the endogeneity between remittance and financial development. Using the instrument variable (IV) model, this study finds that remittances from low-skilled migrant-abundant sending countries have different effects than the highly skilled labor-abundant sending countries. Assuming the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries as a source of low-skilled and the Group of Seven (G7) as the source of high-skilled labor-abundant sending countries, remittance from relatively low-skilled emigrants has a greater impact on financial inclusion in the recipient countries than their high-skilled counterparts. In contrast, remittance from high-skilled countries has a greater impact on the development of the stock market. Similar types of effects of remittance on financial development have also been observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results suggest that policymakers should provide better foreign employment opportunities and improved transaction and investment policies in the home financial markets.

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Remittance Flow and Familial Relations in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic: Rethinking Social Ties During the Migration Period

Masunda

Maharaj

2023

Sustainable Development Goals Series

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Childcare and Familial Relations During the Migration Period

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Digital Disruptions in the South Africa–Zimbabwe Remittance Corridor During COVID-19

Digital Disruptions in the South Africa–Zimbabwe Remittance Corridor During COVID-19

Effect of Remittance-Sending Countries’ Type on Financial Development in Recipient Countries: Can the Pandemic Make a Difference?

Remittance Flow and Familial Relations in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic: Rethinking Social Ties During the Migration Period

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