The impact of international migration and remittances on agricultural production patterns: the case of rural Ecuador
This paper analyzes the effects of international migration and remittances on fertilizer expenditure and cattle acquisition in rural Ecuador. The results show that migrants’ households exhibit a higher propensity to acquire livestock than their counterparts without migrants. However, the monthly amo...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Universidad Central del Ecuador |
| Repositorio: | Revista Siembra |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistadigital.uce.edu.ec:article/180 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/SIEMBRA/article/view/180 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Migración remesas fertilizantes ganado Ecuador Migration remittances fertilizers cattle |
| Sumario: | This paper analyzes the effects of international migration and remittances on fertilizer expenditure and cattle acquisition in rural Ecuador. The results show that migrants’ households exhibit a higher propensity to acquire livestock than their counterparts without migrants. However, the monthly amount of remittances received by a household does not have any influence on the likelihood of cattle acquisition. These results are consistent with those of several other studies analyzing the impact of migration on farm activity choice and indicate that migrants’ households tend to switch from crop production to the less labor demanding cattle production in order to cope with household labor losses resulting from migration. |
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