Remittances from Internal Migration: Determinants and Its Impact on Household Welfare in Bangladesh
Shamima Akhter *
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh.
Rosaine Nérice Yegbemey
Faculté d’Agronomie, Université de Parakou, BP 123 Parakou, République du Bénin.
Mahmuda Nasrin
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh.
Farzana Yeasmin
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study conducted to explore the determinants of internal remittance received by the left behind members of the farm households and remittance impact on their welfare. This study conducted mainly based on primary data for which 172 farm households were interviewed among which 89 households were households with migrant member and 83 households were households without any migrant member. Significant determinants of the internal migration remittances are household head education, household head non- land asset value, household income excluding remittances and age of the migrant member. Besides these migrant member education positively motivate the migrant to send remittance for their left behind members. The study found that internal remittance has positive impact on the welfare of the farm households in Bangladesh. The study recommend that proper policy is needed for internal migration to get the real benefits from internal remittance.
Keywords: Internal migration, remittances, determinants, farm households, welfare