{"id":2699,"date":"2021-03-10T07:45:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T07:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/?page_id=2699"},"modified":"2021-03-10T07:46:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T07:46:56","slug":"remittances-from-international-labour-migrants-and-the-standard-of-living-of-the-left-behind-households-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/2016-volume-2-number-02\/remittances-from-international-labour-migrants-and-the-standard-of-living-of-the-left-behind-households-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Remittances from International Labour Migrants and the Standard of Living of the Left Behind Households in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-53019 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">D. Siriwardhane<\/span><br \/><i style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 11pt;\">University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka<\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">S.Amaratunge<\/span><br \/><i style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 11pt;\">University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka<\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">I. De Silva<\/span><br \/><i style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 11pt;\">University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Abstract<\/span><br \/><i style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 11pt;\">This study aims to examine the effect of remittances on the standard of living of the remittance receiving households in Sri Lanka. Survey data were analyzed using thematic analysis and stratified matching method in propensity score matching. It was found that, a large majority of labour migrants remit money to their households left behind. However, the volume of remittances varies with the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the labour migrants and their households. Furthermore, it was found that remittance receiving households enjoy income from diversified sources. Average treatment effects estimated through stratified matching analysis reveal that remittance receivers enjoy a higher level of income and higher standard of living compared to their non-remittance receiving counterparts. Improvement of the income by the remittances varies with the income quintile of the households.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Keywords<\/span><br \/><i style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 11pt;\">Migration, Propensity Score Matching, Remittances, Sri Lanka<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-582033 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-450072\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-946756 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Download<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-44723 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-666832 kc-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Remittances-from-International-Labour.pdf\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\">\n\t\t<i class=\"fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2693,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2702,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2699\/revisions\/2702"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/vjm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}