Migration of Husbands, Remittances and Agricultural Production: Impacts when Wives Head Households in Rural Kenya

Tabitha Kiriti and Clement Tisdell

No 100211, Social Economics, Policy and Development Working Papers from University of Queensland, School of Economics

Abstract: This paper uses data collected from migrant's wives in the Nyeri district of Kenya. The main objective is to determine whether migration and remittances contribute to the development of agriculture. Our results suggest that most migrants are pushed out of rural areas, belong to the group of low-paid workers in urban areas, send little and irregular remittances to their wives back in rural areas and that these remittances are mainly used for consumption purposes and do not contribute to any significant development in agriculture. Our results also indicate that altruism or social obligation might be the main reason for migrants sending remittances to their rural wives.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2001-11
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.100211

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