Remittances and the household's expenditures on health

This paper considers the effect of remittances on the share of health expenditures to total household expenditure. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate whether remittances are especially targeted towards household’s health in Mexico. We use a Tobit model with random effects and find a st...

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Main Author: Valero Gil, Jorge Noel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Center for Business and Economic Research, Sam Houston State University 2009
Online Access:http://eprints.uanl.mx/7523/1/Remittances%20and%20the%20Household%C2%B4s%20Expenditures%20on%20Health.pdf
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description This paper considers the effect of remittances on the share of health expenditures to total household expenditure. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate whether remittances are especially targeted towards household’s health in Mexico. We use a Tobit model with random effects and find a statistically significant effect of remittances on the proportion of health expenditures for households that do not have access to employment’s medical insurance: Our results suggest that around 10% of changes in remittances are devoted to health expenditure
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spelling eprints-75232015-09-22T20:04:52Z http://eprints.uanl.mx/7523/ Remittances and the household's expenditures on health Valero Gil, Jorge Noel This paper considers the effect of remittances on the share of health expenditures to total household expenditure. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate whether remittances are especially targeted towards household’s health in Mexico. We use a Tobit model with random effects and find a statistically significant effect of remittances on the proportion of health expenditures for households that do not have access to employment’s medical insurance: Our results suggest that around 10% of changes in remittances are devoted to health expenditure Center for Business and Economic Research, Sam Houston State University 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd http://eprints.uanl.mx/7523/1/Remittances%20and%20the%20Household%C2%B4s%20Expenditures%20on%20Health.pdf http://eprints.uanl.mx/7523/1.haspreviewThumbnailVersion/Remittances%20and%20the%20Household%C2%B4s%20Expenditures%20on%20Health.pdf Valero Gil, Jorge Noel (2009) Remittances and the household's expenditures on health. Journal of Business Strategies, 26 (1). pp. 119-140. ISSN 0887-2058
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