Abstract
This study examines the impact of remittance on household welfare measured by consumption expenditures in the western region of Nepal. We used regional-level microeconomic data obtained from the Nepal Living Standards Survey (2010/2011) and employed Propensity Score Matching (PSM). Our results show that remittance-receiving households spend 34% and 20.33%, respectively, more per capita on agriculture and education than non-remittance-receiving households. However, there is no effect of remittance per capita on food expenditures. The findings of this study will be helpful to the federal-level policy makers in the western region of Nepal in deciding on scaling up migration-related programs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 41-50 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Food Distribution Research |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Mar 2022 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Nepal
- PSM
- remittance
- western region
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Food Science
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Economics and Econometrics
- Management Science and Operations Research
- Marketing