An Enquiry into the Sluggish Growth of Workers’ Remittance Determinants: A Case of Comilla

Kundu, Nobinkhor (2015): An Enquiry into the Sluggish Growth of Workers’ Remittance Determinants: A Case of Comilla. Published in: Journal of Economics and Business Research , Vol. 1, No. XXII (2016): pp. 152-167.

Abstract

The study focused on the importance of per capita and marginal productivity of remittance inflows in Bangladesh. Although remittance as a percentage of gross domestic products has stood above ten percent in recent times, the majority of Bangladeshi remittance earners are unskilled. Unskilled remittance remains a constraint for the development direction of Bangladesh that seeks to make a transition from a low income country to a middle income country. Based on cross section data, a multinomial logistic regression model was fitted to identify the significant inputs of skill development for remitters. Empirical results suggest that the log of remittance, the p-value is statistically significant. The study also found that skill development training and access to credit for remitters would contribute to maximizing remittance in the long run.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Remittances, Labor Productivity Skills, Economic Growth
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F24 - Remittances; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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