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Remittances and Household Expenditure in Jamaica

Yorke, Frankseco LU (2019) EKHS01 20191
Department of Economic History
Abstract
More than 50 percent of Jamaican households are remittances receiving. Remittances generally form a source of supplemental household income by helping households cover expenses such as utilities,healthcare, education etc. Studies have focused on its reaction to economic shocks, structural changes, its use as insurance or safety net or generally just observing trends. This study employs propensity score
matching to assess whether there is a significant differences in the expenditure between remittance receiving household (RRH) and non-remittance receiving households (NRRH) in Jamaica using data from the 2015 National Household Survey of Living Conditions. The results show no statistically significant difference in
expenditure between the... (More)
More than 50 percent of Jamaican households are remittances receiving. Remittances generally form a source of supplemental household income by helping households cover expenses such as utilities,healthcare, education etc. Studies have focused on its reaction to economic shocks, structural changes, its use as insurance or safety net or generally just observing trends. This study employs propensity score
matching to assess whether there is a significant differences in the expenditure between remittance receiving household (RRH) and non-remittance receiving households (NRRH) in Jamaica using data from the 2015 National Household Survey of Living Conditions. The results show no statistically significant difference in
expenditure between the two types of household in the sample assessed. This held true for both outcomes assessed. Households spend more on education than on health irrespective of the household type. RRH households with female heads and household heads with years of schooling in excess of 12 years showed significant positive differences in their expenditure on education. RRH in urban areas were found to be more likely to have higher educational expenditure relative to NRRH. NRRH households were more likely to spend more than RRH on health when at least one member had a chronic illness. (Less)
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More than 50 percent of Jamaican households are remittances receiving. Remittances generally form a source of supplemental household income by helping households cover expenses such as utilities,healthcare, education etc. Studies have focused on its reaction to economic shocks, structural changes, its use as insurance or safety net or generally just observing trends. This study employs propensity score
matching to assess whether there is a significant differences in the expenditure between remittance receiving household (RRH) and non-remittance receiving households (NRRH) in Jamaica using data from the 2015 National Household Survey of Living Conditions. The results show no statistically significant difference in
expenditure between the... (More)
More than 50 percent of Jamaican households are remittances receiving. Remittances generally form a source of supplemental household income by helping households cover expenses such as utilities,healthcare, education etc. Studies have focused on its reaction to economic shocks, structural changes, its use as insurance or safety net or generally just observing trends. This study employs propensity score
matching to assess whether there is a significant differences in the expenditure between remittance receiving household (RRH) and non-remittance receiving households (NRRH) in Jamaica using data from the 2015 National Household Survey of Living Conditions. The results show no statistically significant difference in
expenditure between the two types of household in the sample assessed. This held true for both outcomes assessed. Households spend more on education than on health irrespective of the household type. RRH households with female heads and household heads with years of schooling in excess of 12 years showed significant positive differences in their expenditure on education. RRH in urban areas were found to be more likely to have higher educational expenditure relative to NRRH. NRRH households were more likely to spend more than RRH on health when at least one member had a chronic illness. (Less)
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author
Yorke, Frankseco LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Comparing household expenditure on health and education in remittance receiving versus non-remittance receiving households using Propensity Score Matching
course
EKHS01 20191
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Remittances, household expenditure, propensity score matching, migration, health, education
language
English
id
8994198
date added to LUP
2019-10-22 14:43:34
date last changed
2020-12-31 03:40:35
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  abstract     = {{More than 50 percent of Jamaican households are remittances receiving. Remittances generally form a source of supplemental household income by helping households cover expenses such as utilities,healthcare, education etc. Studies have focused on its reaction to economic shocks, structural changes, its use as insurance or safety net or generally just observing trends. This study employs propensity score
matching to assess whether there is a significant differences in the expenditure between remittance receiving household (RRH) and non-remittance receiving households (NRRH) in Jamaica using data from the 2015 National Household Survey of Living Conditions. The results show no statistically significant difference in
expenditure between the two types of household in the sample assessed. This held true for both outcomes assessed. Households spend more on education than on health irrespective of the household type. RRH households with female heads and household heads with years of schooling in excess of 12 years showed significant positive differences in their expenditure on education. RRH in urban areas were found to be more likely to have higher educational expenditure relative to NRRH. NRRH households were more likely to spend more than RRH on health when at least one member had a chronic illness.}},
  author       = {{Yorke, Frankseco}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Remittances and Household Expenditure in Jamaica}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}