Abstract
This study investigates the effects of remittances on education and health outcomes using a 5-year interval data on 46 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 1975 to 2014. Employing system GMM, r...
Highlights
This study investigates the effects of remittances on education and health outcomes using a 5-year interval data on 46 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 1975 to 2014
Economic model A review of the literature depicts portions of remittances are spent on education and health, among other goods and services
The paper used 5-year interval data on 46 SSA countries to investigate how remittances impact on education and health in the region
Summary
Background of the study A sizeable proportion of the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) population is living outside their country of origin. The stock of migrants in 2013 was estimated at 23.2 million or 2.5% of the total population, with South Africa, Cote D’Ivoire, Uganda, Nigeria and Ethiopia being the top five countries that recorded the highest migration stock by mid-year 2017 (World Bank, 2016a; United Nations, 2017). Data presented by the United Nations (UN) depict a consistent rise in the total migrant stock from 2000 to 2017. The pattern has been the same for male and female migrants. The total numbers for the male migrants are slightly higher than their female counterparts (Figure 1)
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