Remittances and Household Behavior in the Philippines

Ang, Alvin P; Jha, Shikha; Sugiyarto, Guntur

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1618125

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“…Vasco (2013), studying migration and remittances in the case of rural Ecuador finds that "neither migration nor remittances have any effect on the odds of a household owning a rural business" (Vasco 2013: 37). Ang et al (2009) also do not find a significant effect of remittances on productive investments in the Philippines.…”

Section: Are Migrant Remittances Likely To Fund Entrepreneurship In Tmentioning

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Migration, entrepreneurship and development: critical questions

2017

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This paper poses and answers a number of critical questions about the relationship between migration and entrepreneurship in the process of economic development. In doing so, we show that the standard policy response to migrants and migrant entrepreneurs are often based on an inadequate understanding of migrant entrepreneurs. The questions we pose are the following: (i) Are immigrants really more entrepreneurial than natives? (ii) Are migrant remittances likely to fund entrepreneurship in their home countries? (iii) Are return migrants more likely to be entrepreneurial than non-migrants? And finally, based on the answers, (iv) Does migration matter for development? We conclude that one must avoid seeing migrants as super-entrepreneurs and that the (positive) developmental impact of migration is more significant through other channels. Removal of discriminatory barriers against migrants and against migrant entrepreneurs in labour, consumer and financial markets will promote development in both sending and receiving countries, not least through reducing the shares of migrants that are reluctant entrepreneurs. JEL Classification: J60, L26, O15, F22

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2017

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“…However, this inconclusive result attributed to measurement difficulties arising from the fact that remittances may behave countercyclical with respect to growth. Faini [44] and Ang [13] found that the impact of remittances on growth is positive. Faini [44] argues that remittances overcome capital market imperfections and allow migrant households to accumulate positive assets.…”

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“…Faini [44] argues that remittances overcome capital market imperfections and allow migrant households to accumulate positive assets. Ang [13] shows the relationship between workers' remittances and economic growth at the national and at the regional levels in the case of Philippines. He found that at the national level remittances do influence economic growth positively and significantly.…”

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Remittances and their impact on Economic Growth

Shera

Meyer

2013

Per. Pol. Soc. and Man. Sci.

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“…The co‐operative was organised to help land reform beneficiaries – formerly landless plantation workers – obtain farmland. Although land reform beneficiaries are expected to be eager to take up farming as new landowners, the Philippines is also known for its highly diversified rural communities with a high incidence of emigration (Ang et al ., ). In this setting, a variety of diversification can be observed explicitly.…”

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Livelihood diversification with certification‐supported farming: The case of land reform beneficiaries in the Philippines

Makita

2016

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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The promotion of intensive farming through organic and fair trade certification appears contradictory to the increasing significance of non-farm income sources in rural Asia as well as in many other parts of the rural South. By observing a sugarcane producer cooperative comprising land reform beneficiaries in the Philippines, this paper explores the reality of livelihood diversification as practised by member households of the certified co-operative, focusing on the compatibility of certification-supported farming with diversified activities. In this case, diversification at the household level progressed both away from farming and into farming. Behind the long-term use of agricultural certification, there are compelling reasons for continuing both certification-supported farming and diversified activities, and for employing mechanisms that further the compatibility at all phases between the former and the latter, and maximising income-generating opportunities. The operation of communal land with agricultural certification may be an effective form of assistance to land reform beneficiaries who share a strong desire to be landowners.

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Remittances and Household Behavior in the Philippines

Cited by 43 publications

References 19 publications

Migration, entrepreneurship and development: critical questions

Migration, entrepreneurship and development: critical questions

Remittances and their impact on Economic Growth

Livelihood diversification with certification‐supported farming: The case of land reform beneficiaries in the Philippines

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