Open AccessRemittances and The Household's Expenditures On Health
Author(s) -
Jorge N. Valero-Gil
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of business strategies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2162-6901
pISSN - 0887-2058
DOI - 10.54155/jbs.26.1.119-140
Subject(s) - tobit model , economics , health insurance , demographic economics , health spending , labour economics , health care , economic growth , econometrics
This paper considers the effect of remittances on the share of health expendituresin total household expenditure in Mexico. The main purpose of this paperis to investigate if remittances are especially targeted towards household's healthexpenditure in Mexico. Using IV Tobit and regression models we find a statisticallysignificant effect of remittances on the household health expenditures shares. Thiseffect is even more pronounced for households without access to the employment'smedical insurance.