Do Remittances Affect Poverty and Inequality ? Evidence From Mali

Pré-publication, Document de travail: Using a 2006 household survey in Mali, we compare current poverty rates and inequality levels with counterfactual ones in the absence of migration and remittances. With proper hypotheses on migrants and a selection model, we are able to impute a counterfactual income for households currently receiving remittances. We show that remittances reduce poverty rates by 5% to 11% and the Gini coefficient by about 5%. Households in the bottom quintiles are more dependent on remittances, which are less substitutable by additional workforce.

Auteur(s)

Flore Gubert, Thomas Lassourd, Sandrine Mesplé-Somps

Date de publication
  • 2010
Mots-clés JEL
F24 O15 O55
Mots-clés
  • Inequality rate
  • Mali
  • Poverty rate
Référence interne
  • G-MonD Working Paper n°13
Version
  • 1