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Migration, remittances, labour market and human capital in Senegal

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  • Ameth Saloum Ndiaye
  • Oumoul Khayri NIANG
  • Sessinou DEDEHOUANOU
  • Ya Cor NDIONE

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This study investigates how migration and remittances affect labour market participation in Senegal. Further, it examines the effect of remittances on human capital development. The results reveal that migration and remittances reduce labour market participation of household members with migrants. More importantly, we find that the labour market participation depends negatively on the level of remittances, which supports the reservation wage theory. We also find that remittances increase expenditures on human capital development, as approximated by education and health spending. These findings hold true across specifications and econometric estimation procedures.

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  • Ameth Saloum Ndiaye & Oumoul Khayri NIANG & Sessinou DEDEHOUANOU & Ya Cor NDIONE, 2016. "Migration, remittances, labour market and human capital in Senegal," Working Papers PMMA 2016-10, PEP-PMMA.
    • Handle: RePEc:lvl:pmmacr:2016-10
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    1. Marie Djuikom, 2018. "Incentives to labour migration and agricultural productivity: The Bayesian perspective," WIDER Working Paper Series 45, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Hajer Habib, 2023. "Remittances and Labor Supply: Evidence from Tunisia," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 14(2), pages 1870-1899, June.
    3. Marie Albertine Djuikom, 2018. "Incentives to labour migration and agricultural productivity: The Bayesian perspective," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-45, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    4. Finagnon Antoine Dedewanou & Rolande C. B. Kpekou Tossou, 2022. "Remittances and agricultural productivity in Burkina Faso," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 44(3), pages 1573-1590, September.

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    Keywords

    migration; remittances; labour market participation; human capital; Senegal;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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