Remittances as expenditure drivers in rural Mexico

Remittances as expenditure drivers in rural Mexico

In this work we present different empirical specifications to test for the impact of domestic and international remittances on expenditure patterns in rural Mexican households. Using data from the National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure from 1998 to 2012 we develop an econometric approac...

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Main Authors: Mora Rivera, José Jorge, Arellano González, Jesús
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Published: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2015
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spelling oai:ojs.localhost:article-5692019-12-03T01:36:10Z Remittances as expenditure drivers in rural Mexico Las remesas como determinantes del gasto en las zonas rurales de México Mora Rivera, José Jorge Arellano González, Jesús remittances migration rural households expenditure patterns Social Sciences statistics economy Demographics Economic growth Development and planning Cost and standard of living remesas migración hogares rurales patrones de gasto Ciencias sociales Estadísticas Economía Demografía El crecimiento económico Desarrollo y planificación Costo y nivel de vida In this work we present different empirical specifications to test for the impact of domestic and international remittances on expenditure patterns in rural Mexican households. Using data from the National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure from 1998 to 2012 we develop an econometric approach that deal with censoring on various expenditure categories while controlling for remittances at the household level. Our findings indicate that there is evidence of significant effects of internal and external remittances on household expenditure patterns; these income sources are not fungible and reshape household demands in ways that are independent of total income. Effects on each expenditure category are different for each type of remittance income. Internal remittances seem to stimulate more categories related to human development investments, health and education, while external remittances do it with physical capital investments. En este trabajo se presentan diferentes especificaciones empíricas para probar el impacto de las remesas nacionales e internacionales en los patrones de gasto de los hogares rurales mexicanos. Utilizando la Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares de 1988 a 2012 se desarrolla un enfoque econométrico que considera la censura en distintas categorías de gasto y controla el efecto de las remesas a nivel hogar. Los resultados indican efectos significativos de las remesas internas y externas sobre los patrones de gasto de los hogares; estas fuentes de ingreso no son fungibles y remodelan la demanda de los hogares de forma independiente al ingreso total. Los efectos en cada categoría de gasto son diferentes por tipo de remesas. Las remesas internas estimulan en mayor medida categorías relacionadas con las inversiones en desarrollo humano, salud y educación; mientras que las remesas externas estimulan categorías relacionadas con inversiones en capital físico. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2015-12-18 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/pdf application/epub+zip text/html text/html application/epub+zip text/xml text/xml https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/569 10.21670/ref.2016.33.a09 Estudios Fronterizos Revista; Vol. 17 No. 33 (2016); 231-259 Estudios Fronterizos; Vol. 17 Núm. 33 (2016); 231-259 2395-9134 0187-6961 eng spa https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/569/992 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/569/995 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/569/996 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/569/998 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/569/999 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/569/1000 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/569/1636 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/569/1637 Mexico, 1998-2012 Mexico, 1998-2012 Derechos de autor 2015 Estudios Fronterizos
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author Mora Rivera, José Jorge
Arellano González, Jesús
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Remittances as expenditure drivers in rural Mexico
author_facet Mora Rivera, José Jorge
Arellano González, Jesús
author_sort Mora Rivera, José Jorge
title Remittances as expenditure drivers in rural Mexico
title_short Remittances as expenditure drivers in rural Mexico
title_full Remittances as expenditure drivers in rural Mexico
title_fullStr Remittances as expenditure drivers in rural Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Remittances as expenditure drivers in rural Mexico
title_sort remittances as expenditure drivers in rural mexico
description In this work we present different empirical specifications to test for the impact of domestic and international remittances on expenditure patterns in rural Mexican households. Using data from the National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure from 1998 to 2012 we develop an econometric approach that deal with censoring on various expenditure categories while controlling for remittances at the household level. Our findings indicate that there is evidence of significant effects of internal and external remittances on household expenditure patterns; these income sources are not fungible and reshape household demands in ways that are independent of total income. Effects on each expenditure category are different for each type of remittance income. Internal remittances seem to stimulate more categories related to human development investments, health and education, while external remittances do it with physical capital investments.
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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