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International Remittances, Household Welfare, and Women Empowerment: Evidence From Bangladesh

International Remittances, Household Welfare, and Women Empowerment: Evidence From Bangladesh

Bezon Kumar, Syed Rashid Ali, Md. Golam Kibria
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781799837374|ISBN10: 1799837378|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799837381|EISBN13: 9781799837398
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3737-4.ch012
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Kumar, Bezon, et al. "International Remittances, Household Welfare, and Women Empowerment: Evidence From Bangladesh." Women Empowerment and Well-Being for Inclusive Economic Growth, edited by Shailja Dixit and Sana Moid, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 174-190. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3737-4.ch012

APA

Kumar, B., Ali, S. R., & Kibria, M. G. (2021). International Remittances, Household Welfare, and Women Empowerment: Evidence From Bangladesh. In S. Dixit & S. Moid (Eds.), Women Empowerment and Well-Being for Inclusive Economic Growth (pp. 174-190). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3737-4.ch012

Chicago

Kumar, Bezon, Syed Rashid Ali, and Md. Golam Kibria. "International Remittances, Household Welfare, and Women Empowerment: Evidence From Bangladesh." In Women Empowerment and Well-Being for Inclusive Economic Growth, edited by Shailja Dixit and Sana Moid, 174-190. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3737-4.ch012

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Abstract

This chapter explores the impact of international remittances on household welfare and women empowerment in Bangladesh. In doing so, primary data and several methods are used. Firstly, this chapter constructs a household welfare index and women empowerment index to measure the level of household welfare and women empowerment, respectively. Secondly, this chapter uses a one-way ANOVA test to analyze respondents' socio-economic features. Finally, linear regression is applied to examine the impact of international remittances on household welfare. This study finds that international remittances have an influence on household welfare improvement but no influence on women empowerment in the study area. This chapter also finds that if a household receives international remittances, the level of household welfare may be increased by Tk. 3167.49. Therefore, this chapter calls for the policies for larger inflows of remittances and its proper utilization in productive purposes.

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