Do remittances affect poverty and inequality? Evidence from Mali

Flore Gubert, Thomas Lassourd () and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps
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Thomas Lassourd: DIFID

No DT/2010/08, Working Papers from DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation)

Abstract: Using a 2006 household survey in Mali, we compare current poverty rates and inequality levels with counterfactual ones in the absence of migration and remittances. With proper hypotheses on migrants and a selection model, we are able to impute a counterfactual income for households currently receiving remittances. We show that remittances reduce poverty rates by 5% to 11% and the Gini coefficient by about 5%. Households in the bottom quintiles are more dependent on remittances, which are less substitutable by additional workforce.________________________________ Cet article examine l’impact distributif des transferts des migrants au Mali, à partir de l’enquête sur les niveaux de vie ELIM 2006. Nous construisons différents scénarii contrefactuels qui corrigent du biais de sélection des ménages avec migrants. Nous montrons que les transferts des migrants internationaux réduisent la pauvreté de 5 à 11% au niveau national et l’indice de Gini d’environ 5%. Les niveaux de consommation des ménages appartenant aux quintiles les plus pauvres sont plus dépendants des transferts, ménages dont les revenus de substitution aux transferts restent faibles du fait de dotations en capital physique et humain insuffisants.

Keywords: Remittances; Migration; Poverty; Inequality; Africa; Transferts; Migration; Pauvreté; Inégalité; Afrique. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F24 O15 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2010-07
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