The impact of migrant workers' remittances on the living standards of families in Morocco

A propensity score matching approach

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15537619
AutoresJamal Bouoiyour (0000-0003-1920-1155, autor de correspondencia), Amal Miftah (Université Paris Dauphine-PSL)
Año2015
Volumen12
Número1
Páginas13-27
Fecha de publicación2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMIGRATION LETTERS (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1741-8984 • E-ISSN: 1741-8992
EditorialDewspublication (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.33182/ml.v12i1.253
OpenAlexW1905528114
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas5

This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in Morocco. We apply propensity score matching methods to the 2006/2007 Moroccan Living Standards Measurement Survey. We find that migrants’ remittances can improve living standards among Moroccan households and affect negatively the incidence of poverty. The results show a statistically significant and positive impact of hose remittances on recipient households’ expenditures. They are also significantly associated with a decline in the probability of being in poverty for rural households; it decreases by 11.3 percentage points. In comparison, this probability decreases by 3 points in urban area

Affect (linguistics · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Matching (statistics · Poverty · Propensity score matching · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Standard of living · Statistics · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare