Do remittances alleviate negative impacts of disaster on mental health? A case of the 2015 Nepal earthquake

Tachibana, Towa; Goto, Rie; Sakurai, Takeshi; Rayamajhi, Santosh; Adhikari, Angel; Dow, William H.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112460

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“…The findings identified a number of potential pathways through which financial inclusion can improve mental health conditions or reduce depressive symptoms, including remittances, food consumption, and risk-coping from negative rainfall shocks. Previous studies have confirmed the relationship of these outcomes with symptoms of depression ( Cole & Tembo, 2011 ; Gardner & Oswald, 2007 ; Tachibana et al, 2019 ).…”

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The impact of financial inclusion on mental health

Ajefu

Demir

Haghpanahan

2020

SSM - Population Health

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This paper examines the impact of financial inclusion on the mental health of heads of household in Nigeria. The study employed data from the 2015/2016 Nigerian General Household Survey (GHS), matched with georeferenced data concerning financial services obtained from the Insight2Impact (i2i) GIS interface. The results indicate that financial inclusion has a strong positive impact on mental health. The study used a robust instrumental variable method, in which a household's distance from the nearest financial institution was used as the instrument for financial inclusion. In addition, it identified the potential channels through which financial inclusion can influence mental health, including: (1) food expenditure; (2) remittances; and (3) risk-coping mechanisms. The findings of this study reinforce growing evidence for the benefits of financial inclusion for alleviating depression symptoms.

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“…The results accord with previous studies demonstrating that financial inclusion increases both food consumption and the receipt of remittances. In addition, these outcomes are likely to be positively correlated with improved mental health ( Zhang and Posso, 2019 ; Tachibana et al, 2019 ).…”

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The impact of financial inclusion on mental health

Ajefu

Demir

Haghpanahan

2020

SSM - Population Health

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“…29 The CES-D Scale is an efficient screening instrument of depression with good validity, and previous studies have demonstrated its usefulness. 30,31 In this study, the 20-item CES-D Scale was employed to measure depressive symptoms. In CFPS, older adults were asked to indicate the frequency of experiencing 10 feelings in the past week.…”

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<p>The Relationship Between Social Capital and Depressive Symptoms Among the Elderly in China: The Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction</p>

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Xiao²,

Lyu³

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Background and Aim: Depression has become a serious health and social issue in recent years in China. This study aims to explore the relationship between social capital and depressive symptoms among the elderly in China, with a particular focus on the mediating role of life satisfaction. Methods: The data of this study were sourced from the 2016 wave of China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), involving 1243 older adults aged 60 and above. A multiple linear regression model was used to explore the impact of social capital on depressive symptoms. Moreover, the add-on PROCESS macro for SPSS was employed to measure the mediating effect of life satisfaction on the relationship between social capital and depressive symptoms. Results: The regression results suggest that CES-D score was associated with trust (coefficient = −0.1013, p < 0.01). In addition, the protective role of trust was significantly stronger for older adults aged 70-79, women, the poorest 1/3, and the elderly who live in rural areas. Moreover, the mediation analysis results suggest that the effect of trust on depressive symptoms was fully mediated by life satisfaction. Conclusion:This study reveals that social capital has a positive effect on depressive symptoms among the elderly, and the positive health effect shows significant age, gender, income, and location inequalities. Furthermore, this study also provides new evidence indicating that life satisfaction fully mediates the relationship between social capital and depressive symptoms. Improving social capital could be a promising way for China to promote healthy aging in the future.

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“…Therefore, it is evident that remittances have contributed positively to children's better education on the one hand, children's education has also suffered because of the absence of their mother and father on the other (Nepal Rastra Bank, 2012). Literatures suggest that migrant workers support their families through remittances but the families who remain at home often experience poorer mental health (Adhikari et al, 2011;Tachibana et al, 2019).…”

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Remittances and Development in Nepal: A Disaggregated Analysis

Adhikari¹

2021

J. Mgt Devt. Stud.

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Remittance flows into low/middle-income counties are on a continuous rise and this trend is seen in Nepal as well. There is a constant increase in the number of the Nepalese workers migrating for foreign employment and that has been instrumental to boost the remittance inflow into the country. Remittance is contributing significantly to Gross Domestic Product and is emerging as a backbone of the country’s economy. However, the ways remittances contribute to social development necessitates that many facets of development be explored because they affect the country’s development in multiple ways. This study attempts to analyse the possibility that remittance positively contributes to social development, considering health and educational development as its proxies. Based on the latest available disaggregated educational enrolment and nutrition data of 2009 A.D. by districts, this study analyses the impact of the remittances on school enrolment and improvement in health status of families who remain at home. The results show a significant relationship between remittance and school enrolment but it also shows an insignificant relationship between remittance and health. The findings may be of interest to the countries and the policy makers with remittance being the dominant source of foreign currency. As the results of this study have indicated that remittances may serve as a contributing factor to the educational enrolment for social development.

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Do remittances alleviate negative impacts of disaster on mental health? A case of the 2015 Nepal earthquake

Cited by 16 publications

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The impact of financial inclusion on mental health

The impact of financial inclusion on mental health

<p>The Relationship Between Social Capital and Depressive Symptoms Among the Elderly in China: The Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction</p>

Remittances and Development in Nepal: A Disaggregated Analysis

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