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Do Migrants Insure Those who Stay Behind? Evidence from the Kayes Area (Western Mali)

Gubert, Flore (2002), Do Migrants Insure Those who Stay Behind? Evidence from the Kayes Area (Western Mali), Oxford Development Studies, 30, 3, p. 267-287. 10.1080/1360081022000012699

Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2002-10
Journal name
Oxford Development Studies
Volume
30
Number
3
Publisher
Oxfordshire Carfax International Publishers
Pages
267-287
Publication identifier
10.1080/1360081022000012699
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Author(s)
Gubert, Flore
Abstract (EN)
This article uses recent household survey data from the Kayes area (western Mali) to analyse the determinants of remittances from both internal and international migration. The underlying assumption is that remittances are part of an insurance contract between the migrant and his family. Although this idea is not new, few tests have appeared in the recent literature. After a discussion of various measures of crop income shocks, we employ Powell's censored least absolute deviation (CLAD) estimators in addition to more standard parametric estimators to assess the influence of shocks on remittance behaviour. In contrast to Heckman's two-step or the Tobit estimator, Powell's estimator is consistent in the presence of heteroscedasticity and is robust to violations of the normality assumption for the residuals. Regression results bring some support for the view that insurance is an important motivation for remittances. This welfare function should be taken into account by policy-makers in the design of migration policies.
Subjects / Keywords
Immigration; Emigration; Government policy; Migrant remittances; Welfare economics
JEL
O55 - Africa
O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
O15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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