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

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Migration can affect labour participation decisions back home, either by stimulating work to replace foregone labour, 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 labour reallocation effects within households. Contradicting previous evidence based on cross section data, no impact is registered for off-farm labour 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.

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  • Pablo Acosta, 2020. "Intra-Household Labour Allocation, Migration, and Remittances in Rural El Salvador," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(5), pages 1030-1047, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:56:y:2020:i:5:p:1030-1047
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2019.1626832
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    1. Ainembabazi John Herbert & Francis H. Kemeze, 2022. "Working Paper 366 - Remittances and employment in family-owned firms: Evidence from Nigeria and Uganda," Working Paper Series 2492, African Development Bank.
    2. Amar Iqbal Anwar & Colin F. Mang, 2022. "Do remittances cause Dutch Disease? A meta-analytic review," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(36), pages 4131-4153, August.
    3. Shair, Waqas & Tariq Majeed, Muhammad & Ali, Amjad, 2021. "Labour Participation Decision and Preferences towards Different Employment Status in Response to Remittances: Evidence from the Provincial Capital of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KPK), Pakistan," MPRA Paper 106330, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Ainembabazi, John Herbert & Kemeze, Francis H., 2022. "Remittances and employment in family-owned firms: Evidence from Nigeria and Uganda," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322482, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    5. Arian Tahiri & Faruk Ahmeti & Burim Prenaj, 2023. "The Effect of International Migrant Remittances on Employment Patterns: Evidence from Kosovo," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 1, pages 126-142.
    6. Vidal, Sergi & Lersch, Philipp M., 2021. "Panel Data in Research on Mobility and Migration: A Review of Recent Advances," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 46, pages 187-214.
    7. Long Qian & Lixian Liu & Hongbo Liu & Xinjie Shi, 2024. "How does Migration Impact Individuals’ Public Safety Perceptions? Evidence from China," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 174(2), pages 503-524, September.
    8. Waqas Shair & Zaira & Muhammad Nawaz & Muhammad Asif, 2023. "Impact of Internal Remittances on Labour Participation and Employment Choice in Pakistan," Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), Research Foundation for Humanity (RFH), vol. 12(3), pages 192-201.

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