TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Randazzo, Teresa
AU  - Piracha, Matloob
        TI  - Remittances and Household Expenditure Behaviour in Senegal
        PY  - 2014/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8106
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8106
        AB  - This paper analyses the impact of remittances on household expenditure behaviour in Senegal. We use propensity score matching and OLS methods to assess the average impact of remittances on several household budget shares. Our results show a productive use of international remittances in Senegal. However, the impact of remittances disappears when the marginal spending behaviour is considered, i.e., households do not show a different consumption pattern with respect to their remittance status. Therefore, in the decision on how to allocate expenditure, remittances are treated just as any other source of income.
        KW  - remittances
KW  - household expenditure
KW  - Senegal
        ER  -