Remittances, Household Expenditure and Investment in Rural India: Evidence from NSS data

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dc.contributor.authorParida, J.K.
dc.contributor.authorMohanty, Sanjay K.
dc.contributor.authorRaman, K. Ravi
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-10T06:57:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-14T08:48:53Z
dc.date.available2019-05-10T06:57:00Z
dc.date.available2024-08-14T08:48:53Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe paper attempts to study the migration trends and the factors driving it in India and also to understand and compare the marginal spending behavior of three groups of households in India - those not receiving remittances, receiving internal remittances and receiving international remittances - with an emphasis on its impact on investment in human capital defined as education and health. The analysis, based on a nation-wide sample survey, reveals that migration, besides playing a major role in poverty reduction, also has an important bearing on marginal spending behavior much in keeping with Engels Law and also that the amount set aside towards human capital formation is significant, which has wider policy implien_US
dc.identifier.citationParida, J.K., Mohanty, Sanjay K. and Raman, K. Ravi (2015) Remittances, Household Expenditure and Investment in Rural India: Evidence from NSS data. Indian Economic Review. Vol. 50(1), PP.56-81.en_US
dc.identifier.issnPrint- 0019-4670
dc.identifier.issnOnline- 2520-1778
dc.identifier.urihttps://kr.cup.edu.in/handle/32116/2377
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhien_US
dc.subjectRemittancesen_US
dc.subjectHousehold Spendingen_US
dc.subjectHumanen_US
dc.titleRemittances, Household Expenditure and Investment in Rural India: Evidence from NSS dataen_US
dc.title.journalIndian Economic Reviewen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.type.accesstypeClosed Accessen_US

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