Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Andersson L. 
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT
Title: Migration, remittances and household welfare in Ethiopia
Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of international remittances and  migration on household welfare in Ethiopia. We employ both subjective a  households subjective economic well-being and objective measures  asset holdings and asset accumulation to define household welfare. A  matching approach is applied to address self-selection, and by  exploiting information before and after the households began receiving  remittances, the study sheds light on the changes in welfare associated  with international migration and remittances. The results reveal that  remittances have a significant impact on a welfare variable that has  previously not received much attention in the migration literature,  namely household subjective economic well-being. In addition, we find  that remittances have positive effects on consumer asset accumulation,  especially in rural areas, but no effect on productive assets.
Keywords: International Migration; Remittances; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration; 
Classification-JEL: F22; F24; O15; .
Series:  Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2014
Number: 004
File-URL: http://pub.maastrichtuniversity.nl/256aea1c-02bc-4d72-824b-82eddd85d3e0
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 333611
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014004