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Construction of Household Welfare Index and Welfare Impact of International Remittances in Rural Bangladesh

Version 1 : Received: 18 May 2021 / Approved: 24 May 2021 / Online: 24 May 2021 (10:12:34 CEST)

How to cite: Kumar, B. Construction of Household Welfare Index and Welfare Impact of International Remittances in Rural Bangladesh. Preprints 2021, 2021050551. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202105.0551.v1 Kumar, B. Construction of Household Welfare Index and Welfare Impact of International Remittances in Rural Bangladesh. Preprints 2021, 2021050551. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202105.0551.v1

Abstract

This paper mainly focuses on the construction of a household welfare index to examine the welfare impact of international remittances in rural Bangladesh. This paper, in achieving this objective, uses primary data and several methods. This paper constructs a household welfare index newly to measure the level of household welfare. Besides, a linear regression and Chi-square test is used to examine the welfare and poverty impact of international remittances, respectively. Remittance receiving households enjoy the higher level of welfare more than non-recipient households in the study area. Household welfare is augmented by 0.116 if the household is under the shade of international remittances. A significant impact of international remittances on the reduction of household poverty is also found in this study. Therefore, this paper suggests policymakers for utilizing international remittances as a significant tool to enhance household welfare and to reduce household poverty.

Keywords

international remittances; household welfare index; welfare; poverty; Bangladesh

Subject

Business, Economics and Management, Economics

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Received: 24 May 2021
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The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.
Comment: Dear Scholars,
You are requested to review my paper (PrePrint) and drop your valuable comments.
I will try to reply to those comments and revise my paper accordingly.

Thank you very much.

-Bezon Kumar
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