Intra-Household Labour Allocation, Migration, and Remittances in Rural El Salvador

Intra-Household Labour Allocation, Migration, and Remittances in Rural El Salvador

Migration can affect labor participation decisions back home, either by stimulating work to replace foregone labor, or reducing it through the role of remittances. Using evidence from a rural panel for El Salvador with a comprehensive module on agricultural income shocks, this study finds that mi...

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Main Author: Acosta, Pablo
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor and Francis 2020
Subjects:
MIGRATION
REMITTANCES
LABOR SUPPLY
GENDER GAP
INTRA-HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION
GENDER
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33659
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spelling okr-10986-336592021-05-25T10:54:44Z Intra-Household Labour Allocation, Migration, and Remittances in Rural El Salvador Acosta, Pablo MIGRATION REMITTANCES LABOR SUPPLY GENDER GAP INTRA-HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION GENDER Migration can affect labor participation decisions back home, either by stimulating work to replace foregone labor, or reducing it through the role of remittances. Using evidence from a rural panel for El Salvador with a comprehensive module on agricultural income shocks, this study finds that migration and remittances generate only minor labor reallocation effects within households. Contradicting previous evidence based on cross section data, no impact is registered for off-farm labor supply. However, remittances and migration tend to increase female participation and hours worked in agricultural activities, and reduce time dedicated to off-farm and domestic activities. No major effects are found on self-employment. 2020-04-28T18:23:08Z 2020-04-28T18:23:08Z 2020-05 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33659 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Latin America & Caribbean El Salvador
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topic MIGRATION
REMITTANCES
LABOR SUPPLY
GENDER GAP
INTRA-HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION
GENDER
spellingShingle MIGRATION
REMITTANCES
LABOR SUPPLY
GENDER GAP
INTRA-HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION
GENDER
Acosta, Pablo
Intra-Household Labour Allocation, Migration, and Remittances in Rural El Salvador
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
El Salvador
description Migration can affect labor participation decisions back home, either by stimulating work to replace foregone labor, or reducing it through the role of remittances. Using evidence from a rural panel for El Salvador with a comprehensive module on agricultural income shocks, this study finds that migration and remittances generate only minor labor reallocation effects within households. Contradicting previous evidence based on cross section data, no impact is registered for off-farm labor supply. However, remittances and migration tend to increase female participation and hours worked in agricultural activities, and reduce time dedicated to off-farm and domestic activities. No major effects are found on self-employment.
format Journal Article
author Acosta, Pablo
author_facet Acosta, Pablo
author_sort Acosta, Pablo
title Intra-Household Labour Allocation, Migration, and Remittances in Rural El Salvador
title_short Intra-Household Labour Allocation, Migration, and Remittances in Rural El Salvador
title_full Intra-Household Labour Allocation, Migration, and Remittances in Rural El Salvador
title_fullStr Intra-Household Labour Allocation, Migration, and Remittances in Rural El Salvador
title_full_unstemmed Intra-Household Labour Allocation, Migration, and Remittances in Rural El Salvador
title_sort intra-household labour allocation, migration, and remittances in rural el salvador
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2020
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33659
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