IMPACT DES TRANSFERTS DES MIGRANTS SUR LE BIEN-eTRE MONeTAIRE DES MeNAGES EN BASSE KABYLIE

Abdoune Benallaoua ()
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Abdoune Benallaoua: LARE-Efi, Universite Montesquieu Bordeaux IV

Region et Developpement, 2009, vol. 30, 195-220

Abstract: Sur la base d’une enquete en Basse Kabylie, cet article vise à evaluer les effets des transferts des migrants sur le niveau de vie monetaire des menages. Les transferts en provenance de l’etranger representent des sommes considerables qui alimentent le budget des menages concernes. Ils sont estimes, pour l’annee 2005, à 259980 dinars par menage. Le montant des transferts ainsi recus en Basse Kabylie peut etre estime à plus de 6,7 milliards de dinars algerien soit 78,8 millions d’euros. La pauvrete monetaire chez les benefi-ciaires des transferts est nettement inferieure à celle des autres menages. L’incidence de la pauvrete totale est de 5,4% seulement pour les menages beneficiant de ces revenus, alors qu’elle s’eleve à 17,5% pour les autres. Une application econometrique met en avant le role positif et significatif de ces transferts dans l’amelioration du bien-etre monetaire des menages. Le fait de beneficier de transferts en provenance de l’etranger, ceteris paribus, augmente la depense par tete de 29%. Une estimation Probit des determinants de la pauvrete des menages renforce cette conclusion. Le fait de beneficier des transferts reduit la probabilite qu’un menage soit pauvre de 7,2%. Abstract - From a survey on the standard of living of the households in Basse Kabylie, Algeria, this paper aims to evaluate the effects of migrants’ remittances on the household’s monetary welfare in this region. The remittances coming from abroad contributed and will contribute for few years to the improvement of the monetary welfare of the households. They represent considerable sums which feed the budget of the concerned households. They are estimated, for the year 2005, at 259980 DA per household. On this basis, the amount of the transfers received into Basse Kabylie can be then estimated at more than 6,7 billion DA witch correspond to 78,8 million euros. The analysis of the profiles of monetary poverty indicates that the incidence of monetary poverty of households receiving the remittances is lower than that of other households. The incidence of total poverty accounts for 5,4% only for the households profiting from these incomes, whereas it amounts to 17,5% in the other group. The econometric application confirms this result, since it puts under light the positive and significant role of remittances in the improvement of the monetary welfare of the households. The fact of profiting from transfers coming from abroad, ceteris paribus, increases the expenditure per capita by 29%. The Probit estimation of the determinants of poverty households confirm this result since the coefficient relating to remittances is very significant and negative. The fact of profiting from remittances, reduce the probability that a household be poor by 7,2%.

Keywords: IMPACT DES TRANSFERTS DES MIGRANTS; ALGeRIE; BASSE KABYLIE; PAUVRETe MONeTAIRE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F24 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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