Remittance receipts and allocation: a study of three African countries

abstract

• 2015 Taylor & Francis. Remittances may influence household expenditures, poverty rates, development and investments in the receiving country. Using World Bank survey data from Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya, the influence of remitters and recipients characteristics on remittance amounts and allocation is examined. Effects of the remitterreceiver characteristics on remittance amounts are generally similar between countries. Such similarities imply a potential similar effect of policies in these countries. Age, household income, frequency of communication, family relations with remitter and country the recipient resided in influence remittance allocation. Recipients in Ethiopia and Uganda are more likely to allocate remittance towards savings than those in Kenya.

authors

• Mjelde, James

published proceedings

• APPLIED ECONOMICS

author list (cited authors)

• Musumba, M., Mjelde, J. W., & Adusumilli, N. C.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Musumba, Mark||Mjelde, James W||Adusumilli, Naveen C

publication date

• December 2015

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Applied Economics  Journal

keywords

• Ethiopia
• F24
• Kenya
• O11
• O15
• Remittances
• Uganda

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/00036846.2015.1071472

start page

• 6375

end page

• 6389

volume

• 47

issue

• 59

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1080%2F00036846.2015.1071472

user-defined tag

• 10 Reduced Inequalities