The impact of migrant workers' remittances on the living standards of families in Morocco: A propensity score matching approach

Bouoiyour, Jamal; Miftah, Amal

doi:10.33182/ml.v12i1.253

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“…Azam (2015) discovers the existence of a significant positive association between international remittances and economic growth in four developing Asian countries namely Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka during 1976-2012. Similarly, a study by Bouoiyour and Miftah (2015) explores the effect of migrant remittances on household spending and relative poverty in Morocco, while, using propensity score matching techniques to the 2006-2007 Moroccan living standards measurement survey. The study observes that international remittances can foster living standards among Moroccan households and affect destructively the incidence of poverty in the country.…”

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Do Workers’ Remittances Boost Human Capital Development?

Azam¹,

Raza²

2022

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This study examines the influence of workers’ remittances along with the economic governance system on human capital development in 17 countries having low income, lower middle, upper middle and high income levels by using the annual panel between 1996 and 2013. Overall, results of fixed-effects model reveal that workers’ remittances have significantly positive impact on the human capital development. Results also reveal the positive and significant impact of all selected variables of economic governance system on human capital. It is concluded that the strong economic governance system strengthens the association between workers’ remittances and human capital during the aforementioned time period. JEL Classification: F24, J23 Keywords: Remittances, Economic Governance System, Human Capital Development

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Do Workers’ Remittances Boost Human Capital Development?

Azam¹,

Raza²

2022

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“…It solves the problems of heterogeneity and self-selection in migration studies, in which remittance receiving status of the households is determined by some household characteristics (Bouoiyour & Miftah, 2015). Propensity scores show the probability of selecting to the treatment group based on the covariates.…”

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This study aims to examine the effect of remittances on the standard of living of the remittance receiving households in Sri Lanka. Survey data were analyzed using thematic analysis and stratified matching method in propensity score matching. It was found that, a large majority of labour migrants remit money to their households left behind. However, the volume of remittances varies with the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the labour migrants and their households. Furthermore, it was found that remittance receiving households enjoy income from diversified sources. Average treatment effects estimated through stratified matching analysis reveal that remittance receivers enjoy a higher level of income and higher standard of living compared to their non-remittance receiving counterparts. Improvement of the income by the remittances varies with the income quintile of the households.

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“…This can be accomplished through the use of propensity score matching. This methodology has been widely used to look at the impact of remittances internationally, including Acosta (2011) for El Salvador; Berloti and Marchetta (2014) for Ecuador; Bouoiyour and Miftah (2015) for Morocco; Clement (2011) for Tajikistan; Cox-Edwards and Rodriguez-Oreggia (2009) and Esquivel and Huerta-Pineda (2007) for Mexico; De and D. Ratha (2012) for Sri Lanka; Dey (2015) for India; Garip (2014) for Thailand; Jimenez-Soto and Brown (2012) for Tonga; Kahn (2008) for Bangladesh; and Siddiqui (2013) for Pakistan. This approach identifies a sample of households that do not receive remittances that are similar to households that receive remittances by matching across invariant household socioeconomic features.…”

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Remittances and Labor Supply in the Northern Triangle

Sousa¹,

García-Suaza

2018

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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The impact of migrant workers' remittances on the living standards of families in Morocco: A propensity score matching approach

Cited by 18 publications

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Do Workers’ Remittances Boost Human Capital Development?

Do Workers’ Remittances Boost Human Capital Development?

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Remittances and Labor Supply in the Northern Triangle

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