Households’ characteristics and the modes of remittances in Bangladesh

Abstract

The modes of remittances of households in Bangladesh have been categorised as 'No Remittances', 'Internal Remittances' and 'International Remittances'. This paper using a Multinomial Logit Model studies the associations between these modes and the households' basic characteristics. The study reveals that household level variables like rural-urban locations, age and sex of the households heads, religion, ratio of male, adult and young members etc. are potentially significant in households' orientation to remittances. Higher education however is not significant. The study surprisingly shows that the households with female heads are more likely to receive both internal and international remittances compared to the households headed by males. JEL Classifications: D01, F24, O53

The Effects of International Remittances on Households’ Internet Access

“…Size, for example, tends to increase the financial burden of a family, thus negatively impacting the ability of that household to use the internet. Again, the specific results of the households related variables in the specification agree with previous empirical outcomes such as the studies by Delgado and Miles (1997), Chowdhury (2015) Castree ( 2016), and Chen et al (2018) on the importance of the characteristics of household on their earning potentials According to the findings, overseas remittances have a significant impact on households' ability to access and use the internet in Nigeria. However, compared to other finance options available to a family, the amount of influence is negligible.…”

International Remittances Literature: A Study in Bangladesh during the period of 1971-2020

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“…Hatemi‐J and Uddin () found that poverty reduction and remittances in Bangladesh affect each other. Chowdhury () utilised HIES 2010 data to associate households' characteristics with the mode of remittances in Bangladesh. Although the possibility of existence of other studies cannot be excluded, it appears that the amount of studies on migration and remittances in Bangladesh is rather limited relative to the position of Bangladesh in terms of migration and remittances in the world economy.…”

“…We regard the religion of the household the same as the religion of the head. For a detailed description of how the variables have been constructed using the survey data, see Chowdhury ().…”

“…For example, it is not known whether the effects of internal remittances (from other parts of the country) have the same effects as international remittances. Data from the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) of 2010, conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, demonstrate that about 12 per cent of Bangladeshi households received internal and about 9 per cent received international remittances (Chowdhury, ). Therefore, both internal and international remittances are important for Bangladeshi households.…”