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Migrant remittances and physical investment purchases: evidence from Kenyan households

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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:53 authored by Farai Jena
This paper investigates the impact of remittances on household decisions to purchase physical investments in Kenya using household survey data. An instrumental variables approach is employed using rainfall variation and mobile network coverage as instruments to control for the endogeneity of remittances. The empirical evidence obtained is suggestive of remittances having a positive and significant effect on the decisions by households to purchase physical investments.

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  • Published

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Journal

Journal of Development Studies

ISSN

0022-0388

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

2

Volume

54

Page range

312-326

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  • Economics Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-02-17

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-08-16

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-02-17

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