dc.contributor.author | Abdelmoneim, Yousra | |
dc.contributor.author | Litchfield, Julie | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Ethiopia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-12T15:50:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-12T15:50:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-09-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/14855 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper aims to evaluate the impact of migration on household welfare, in particular the consumption expenditure in Ethiopia, using cross-sectional data collected from 1,200 rural households from four different regions in 2014. We estimate a counterfactual distribution of household consumption per capita, using a Heckman selection model to control and test for selection bias, to analyse to what extent households have gained from having a migrant. Our results suggest that on average, migration has a positive impact on the rural living standards but that gains are not distributed evenly across the consumption distribution. We find that poorer households in fact experience a decline in living standards by having a migrant. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | DFID | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Migrating out of Poverty | |
dc.title | Does Migration Improve Living Standards of Migrant-Sending Households? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia | |
dc.type | Other | |
dc.rights.holder | University of Sussex | |
dc.identifier.externaluri | http://www.migratingoutofpoverty.org/files/file.php?name=wp41-abdelmoneim-and-litchfield-2016-does-migration-improve-living-standards-of-migrant-sending-households.pdf&site=354 | |