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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:53 authored by Farai JenaThis paper investigates the impact of remittances on household decisions to purchase physical investments in Kenya using household survey data. An instrumental variables approach is employed using rainfall variation and mobile network coverage as instruments to control for the endogeneity of remittances. The empirical evidence obtained is suggestive of remittances having a positive and significant effect on the decisions by households to purchase physical investments.
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Journal
Journal of Development StudiesISSN
0022-0388Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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2Volume
54Page range
312-326Department affiliated with
- Economics Publications
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