EFFECTS OF REMITTANCES ON HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

Lavlu Mozumder and Mohammad Amirul Islam

Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017, vol. 36, issue 01-2

Abstract: This study explores the effect of remittances on human capital development in terms of educational attainment on a global perspectives using GLS modeling. Data from different valid international sources are used in the analyses. Furthermore, it investigates the relationship of remittances with human capital development by region, gender, democracy and financial development. The results reveal significant positive effects of remittances on the changes in average schooling years and secondary enrollment rate in the developing countries. There are regional, genders and financial level variations in human capital development due to remittances flow. Finally, some important policy recommendations have been suggested.

Keywords: Financial; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256172/files/2.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:bdbjaf:256172

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.256172

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics from Bangladesh Agricultural University Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().