To Sew or Not to Sew? : Assessing the Welfare Effects of the Garment Industry in Cambodia

This paper uses the 2011 Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey to analyze the relationship between participation in the garment industry and household welfare. The analysis relies on propensity score matching estimators to investigate whether households t...

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Main Authors:	Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina, Woldemichae, Martha Tesfaye
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	GARMENT INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING POVERTY REMITTANCES PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES HOUSEHOLD WELFARE TEXTILE INDUSTRY APPAREL INDUSTRY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700631494941118323/To-sew-or-not-to-sew-assessing-the-welfare-effects-of-the-garment-industry-in-Cambodia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26753

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spelling	okr-10986-267532021-06-08T14:42:46Z To Sew or Not to Sew? : Assessing the Welfare Effects of the Garment Industry in Cambodia Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina Woldemichae, Martha Tesfaye GARMENT INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING POVERTY REMITTANCES PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES HOUSEHOLD WELFARE TEXTILE INDUSTRY APPAREL INDUSTRY This paper uses the 2011 Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey to analyze the relationship between participation in the garment industry and household welfare. The analysis relies on propensity score matching estimators to investigate whether households that have at least one member employed in the textile and apparel sector are better off than those who do not participate in the garment industry, in terms of several monetary and non-monetary welfare indicators. The findings show that garment households are less likely to experience self-reported food insufficiency, and their children are more likely to be enrolled in school. Yet, the positive effect of the treatment is restricted to the bottom 40 percent of the consumption distribution, possibly due to the nature of garment jobs, and the fact that they represent an attractive alternative for the poorest households but not necessarily for the better-off. Using instrumental-variables, the analysis also shows that remittances originating from the textile and apparel sector relax household budget constraints, increasing expenditures in education, health, and investments in agricultural activities. 2017-05-24T16:32:14Z 2017-05-24T16:32:14Z 2017-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700631494941118323/To-sew-or-not-to-sew-assessing-the-welfare-effects-of-the-garment-industry-in-Cambodia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26753 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8061 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Cambodia
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topic	GARMENT INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING POVERTY REMITTANCES PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES HOUSEHOLD WELFARE TEXTILE INDUSTRY APPAREL INDUSTRY
spellingShingle	GARMENT INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING POVERTY REMITTANCES PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES HOUSEHOLD WELFARE TEXTILE INDUSTRY APPAREL INDUSTRY Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina Woldemichae, Martha Tesfaye To Sew or Not to Sew? : Assessing the Welfare Effects of the Garment Industry in Cambodia
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description	This paper uses the 2011 Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey to analyze the relationship between participation in the garment industry and household welfare. The analysis relies on propensity score matching estimators to investigate whether households that have at least one member employed in the textile and apparel sector are better off than those who do not participate in the garment industry, in terms of several monetary and non-monetary welfare indicators. The findings show that garment households are less likely to experience self-reported food insufficiency, and their children are more likely to be enrolled in school. Yet, the positive effect of the treatment is restricted to the bottom 40 percent of the consumption distribution, possibly due to the nature of garment jobs, and the fact that they represent an attractive alternative for the poorest households but not necessarily for the better-off. Using instrumental-variables, the analysis also shows that remittances originating from the textile and apparel sector relax household budget constraints, increasing expenditures in education, health, and investments in agricultural activities.
format	Working Paper
author	Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina Woldemichae, Martha Tesfaye
author_facet	Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina Woldemichae, Martha Tesfaye
author_sort	Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina
title	To Sew or Not to Sew? : Assessing the Welfare Effects of the Garment Industry in Cambodia
title_short	To Sew or Not to Sew? : Assessing the Welfare Effects of the Garment Industry in Cambodia
title_full	To Sew or Not to Sew? : Assessing the Welfare Effects of the Garment Industry in Cambodia
title_fullStr	To Sew or Not to Sew? : Assessing the Welfare Effects of the Garment Industry in Cambodia
title_full_unstemmed	To Sew or Not to Sew? : Assessing the Welfare Effects of the Garment Industry in Cambodia
title_sort	to sew or not to sew? : assessing the welfare effects of the garment industry in cambodia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700631494941118323/To-sew-or-not-to-sew-assessing-the-welfare-effects-of-the-garment-industry-in-Cambodia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26753
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To Sew or Not to Sew? : Assessing the Welfare Effects of the Garment Industry in Cambodia

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