The Impact of Remittances on Children's Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Morocco

Bouoiyour, Jamal; Miftah, Amal

doi:10.1002/jid.3147

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“…In the same line, a study by Adams (1998), which focused on Egypt and Pakistani, found that remittances receiving households spent much of these foreign cash flows on land and housing besides they have a higher marginal propensity to save compared to nonreceiving households. From a different perspective, Acharya and Leon-Gonzalez (2018), Azam and Raza (2016) and Bouoiyour and Miftah (2016) contend that households may opt to spend foreign remittances on human capital and related opportunity with a greater potential for future income. Several studies have linked foreign remittances to higher school retention rates (Pilařová & Kandakov, 2017;Kumar, 2019;Edward & Ureta, 2003).…”

Section: Foreign Remittances and Private Sector Investmentmentioning

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Foreign Remittances, Banking Sector Development and Private Sector Investment

Githaiga¹

2020

JBEES

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Purpose-This study seeks to investigate the impact of foreign remittances on private sector investment and the moderating role of banking sector development in Sub-Saharan African Countries. Research design, data, and methodology-The study has used a sample of 15 Sub-Saharan African countries and data for the years 1986 -2017. Data was obtained from the World Bank Development Indicator (WDI) Database. Panel data diagnostic tests were conducted to ascertain the suitability of the data for regression analysis. The data was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics, while the hypothesis was tested through hierarchical regression analysis. Results-The finding of this study indicates that foreign remittances and banking sector development had a significant and positive effect on private investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. Besides, the banking sector development significantly moderated the foreign remittances and private sector investment relationship. Conclusions-Based on the results, the study concludes that banking sector development has an important influence on foreign remittances and private sector investment nexus. Due to the antagonistic interaction between foreign remittance and banking sector development, the study recommends the use of alternative ways of channeling remittances to private investment such as; issuance of diaspora bonds and appeal for direct investment b y citizens living abroad.

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Section: Foreign Remittances and Private Sector Investmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Foreign Remittances, Banking Sector Development and Private Sector Investment

Githaiga¹

2020

JBEES

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“…Characteristics of children and their caregivers may also influence whether and how frequently remittances are received, although Nobles () found no evidence that the age and gender of nonmigrant children in Mexico influenced the financial contributions of migrant fathers. Others have emphasised that gender bias may be more evident in the allocation of remittances (Antman, ; Bouoiyour & Miftah, ). In some contexts, a bias in favour of girls and younger boys has been found in the spending of remittances on education (Acosta, ) and health care (Lopez‐Ekra, Aghazarm, Kötter, & Mollard, ), whereas other studies have found the opposite effect, with a bias in favour of boys (Hu, ; Lu & Treiman, ).…”

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Engaged parenting, gender, and children's time use in transnational families: An assessment spanning three global regions

Jordan

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Nobles

et al. 2018

Population Space and Place

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Global circuits of migration regularly separate parents from children. How families navigate this separation has changed markedly. The sharp decline in the cost of international communication makes possible new forms of transnational parenting. In many contexts, migrants are now actively engaged parents, involved in decisions, knowledgeable of children's schooling, employment, and activities, and in some cases, even conversant face‐to‐face with children via videoconferencing. These practices, however, are not universal. We use data from surveys in three countries to document the frequency and variability of intensive, engaged transnational parenting in the diverse global regions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. We then ask whether the organisation of children's lives—specifically, time allocated to school homework, leisure, and household chores—varies by the degree to which migrant parents stay connected to sending homes. The gender of the migrant parent, stay‐behind caregiver, and the gender of the child emerge as explanatory factors for engaged parenting and children's time use. However, and unexpectedly, in the Philippines, migrant mothers are less likely to practice engaged parenting. In sending households, girls in two of the three countries spend more time doing household chores than boys, but parental migration does not mitigate this difference. Although we find some evidence of more traditional gender practices, we also find exceptions that suggest potentially fruitful avenues for future research.

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“…Estudios tan antiguos como el Adams (1989) determinaron que la migración internacional tiende a empeorar la desigualdad económica; y estudios más recientes como Bouoiyour & Miftah (2014) sugieren que las entradas de remesas aumentan la desigualdad de ingresos. Recientes trabajos empíricos sugieren que la migración y las remesas pueden aumentar o disminuir la desigualdad de la distribución del ingreso familiar.…”

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Las remesas y su efecto en la distribución del ingreso en el Ecuador bajo un enfoque macroeconométrico, 1990-2018

Haro

Solís²,

Romo³

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Las remesas es dinero que envían los trabajadores a sus familias desde el exterior y este contribuye al flujo de dinero en países de ingresos bajos o medios. La desigualdad de ingresos provoca un impacto negativo en el progreso de un país y en la reducción de la pobreza. El objetivo del presente estudio es determinar si las remesas inciden en la desigualdad del ingreso en el Ecuador, durante el período 1990 – 2018. Los datos de las variables se obtuvieron del Banco Central del Ecuador y fueron procesados con el Software Gretl. Se utilizó dos modelos Mínimos Cuadrados Ordinarios, y dos Modelos Método de momentos generalizados con variables instrumentales para contrarrestar problemas de endogeneidad. Los resultados confirman la hipótesis planteada, que las remesas aumentan la desigualdad al principio de la etapa migratoria, y que en un momento posterior la reducen. Concluyendo que el comportamiento de la desigualdad de ingreso presentó las mismas fluctuaciones de las remesas como participación de PIB, especialmente en el año 1999.

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The Impact of Remittances on Children's Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Morocco

Cited by 18 publications

References 30 publications

Foreign Remittances, Banking Sector Development and Private Sector Investment

Foreign Remittances, Banking Sector Development and Private Sector Investment

Engaged parenting, gender, and children's time use in transnational families: An assessment spanning three global regions

Las remesas y su efecto en la distribución del ingreso en el Ecuador bajo un enfoque macroeconométrico, 1990-2018

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