The Impact of Remittances on Household Welfare: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
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Date
2020-04-01
Authors
Turarova, Naziya
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Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities
Abstract
n this paper I study the impact of remittances on household welfare in Kyrgyzstan. I deploy
asset indices calculated using Principal Component Analysis and asset accumulation over four
years (2010-2013) to measure the average effect of remittances on household well-being. The
Propensity Score matching method is applied to address the self-selection to receive
remittances and the 2010 data on asset holdings is used to add the pre-treatment information on
assets. The study finds that remittances have a negative impact on consumer asset holdings and
the accumulation of productive assets over four year-period.
Keywords: remittances; Propensity Score Matching; Principal Component Analysis.
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Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Business and economics
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Turarova, N. (2020). The Impact of Remittances on Household Welfare: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan (Master’s thesis, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan). Retrieved from http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/4729