Insurance motives to remit: Evidence from a matched sample of Ethiopian internal migrants
Migration and remittances can be used by rural households as a means of insurance, investment, and income augmentation. Ample attention has been given to studying international remittance flows, since for many countries such transfers comprise a significant fraction of income. Remittance flows from...
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2011
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| author | de Brauw, Alan Mueller, Valerie Woldehanna, Tassew |
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| description | Migration and remittances can be used by rural households as a means of insurance, investment, and income augmentation. Ample attention has been given to studying international remittance flows, since for many countries such transfers comprise a significant fraction of income. Remittance flows from internal migrants are relatively understudied, particularly in Africa, where remittance rates are poor. We use a unique matched migrant sample to study what drives the low remittance rates in Ethiopia. Descriptive statistics suggest remitters are positively selected in terms of wealth characteristics compared with the average tracked migrant. Limited skill transferability and liquidity largely explain low remittance rates in Ethiopia. Weaker evidence suggests migrants are additionally motivated to remit as a form of self-insurance against own shocks to income and investments towards future inheritable assets. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1545902025-11-06T06:36:53Z Insurance motives to remit: Evidence from a matched sample of Ethiopian internal migrants de Brauw, Alan Mueller, Valerie Woldehanna, Tassew insurance migration remittances Migration and remittances can be used by rural households as a means of insurance, investment, and income augmentation. Ample attention has been given to studying international remittance flows, since for many countries such transfers comprise a significant fraction of income. Remittance flows from internal migrants are relatively understudied, particularly in Africa, where remittance rates are poor. We use a unique matched migrant sample to study what drives the low remittance rates in Ethiopia. Descriptive statistics suggest remitters are positively selected in terms of wealth characteristics compared with the average tracked migrant. Limited skill transferability and liquidity largely explain low remittance rates in Ethiopia. Weaker evidence suggests migrants are additionally motivated to remit as a form of self-insurance against own shocks to income and investments towards future inheritable assets. 2011 2024-10-01T14:02:30Z 2024-10-01T14:02:30Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154590 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute de Brauw, Alan; Mueller, Valerie; Woldehanna, Tassew. 2011. Insurance motives to remit: Evidence from a matched sample of Ethiopian internal migrants. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1090. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154590 |
| spellingShingle | insurance migration remittances de Brauw, Alan Mueller, Valerie Woldehanna, Tassew Insurance motives to remit: Evidence from a matched sample of Ethiopian internal migrants |
| title | Insurance motives to remit: Evidence from a matched sample of Ethiopian internal migrants |
| title_full | Insurance motives to remit: Evidence from a matched sample of Ethiopian internal migrants |
| title_fullStr | Insurance motives to remit: Evidence from a matched sample of Ethiopian internal migrants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Insurance motives to remit: Evidence from a matched sample of Ethiopian internal migrants |
| title_short | Insurance motives to remit: Evidence from a matched sample of Ethiopian internal migrants |
| title_sort | insurance motives to remit evidence from a matched sample of ethiopian internal migrants |
| topic | insurance migration remittances |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154590 |
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