issues of horizontal inequality: a case study in migrant households
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Issues of Horizontal Inequality: A Case Study in Migrant Households. R.M.K.M.Lakmini and J. Weerahewa Department of Agricultural Economics and Business Management Faculty of Agriculture University of Peradeniya. Introduction. Horizontal Inequality Estate Sector - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Issues of Horizontal Inequality: A Case Study in Migrant Households
R.M.K.M.Lakmini and J. Weerahewa
Department of Agricultural Economics and Business ManagementFaculty of Agriculture
University of Peradeniya
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Introduction
• Horizontal Inequality• Estate Sector• How Estate Sector differ from other two sectors in
the country???– Income– Food ratio– Poverty– Population contribution
• Thereby Estate Sector is considered as a unique segment of an underprivileged community.
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Introduction Contd.
• People tend to move out from estate employment both locally & overseas.
• Within non-estate employment, overseas employment, predominantly in the Middle East was a key agent of change (CEPA, 2005)
• BUT do all of them achieve success?
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Objective
• To investigate the extent to which socio-economic characteristics influence the expenditure pattern.– To compare expenditure behavior of better-off and worse-
off migrant households as perceived by the society in terms of budget share allocation for different expenditure categories
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Methodology
• Sampling framework – List of female migrant households obtained from divisional office from Kiribathgala estate in Rathnapura
• Sample size - 52
• Key Informants Evaluation
• Stratification of better off and worse off households
• Questionnaire Survey - Structured questionnaire
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From the questionnaire,
Socio –economic factors
Information on migration process
Information on following expenditure items,
FoodEducation Consumer DurablesHousingHousehold utilities
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Methodology Contd.
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Method of Analysis Budget shares were calculated using,
ABS = Ci ∕ INCi Factors affecting budget share allocation for different expenditure categories were estimated by using Working-Leser Model.
Ci /INC = βi + γi (logINC) + λij( Zj)+ ε
Ci = Household expenditure on one of expenditure items during migratory period
INC = Total income during migratory period
Zj = Vector of the household characteristic variable
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Results
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General Sample Characteristics
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Results Contd.
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Results Contd.
Major reasons Percentage
Insufficient income 57.7
Better job/income 9.6
Indebtness 38.5
Housing 65.4
Children education 30.8
To save 3.8
Personal reasons 15.4
Major reasons for migration
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Results Contd.
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Results Contd.
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Results Contd.
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Results Contd.
• Average Budget Shares on Expenditure for Better-off and Worse-off Households
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Results Contd.
• Regression Results
Variable Food Education Housing Consumer Durables Utilities
Log of total household income(Rs) -0.071** 0.025 0.003 0.0436 0.023Household Size 0.022* -0.021 -0.02 -0.033*** -0.002Age of household head(years) 0.0004 -0.001 -0.004 -0.002 0.002*Sex of household head 0.088 -0.075 -0.131* -0.141*** 0.06**Number children in household less than 5 years -0.002 -0.045 -0.036 -0.016 0.001Education level of household head -0.036*** 0.008 0.006 0.002 -0.015***Employment -0.021 0.0276 0.031 0.023 -0.011Receipts of Social transfers 0.012 0.0405 -0.00009 0.039 -0.0005Number of migrations -0.009 -0.0009 -0.012 -0.044* -0.033**Dummy for worse/better off -0.043* 0.0561* -0.041 0.09* -0.008**Adjusted R2 0.593 0.328 0.283 0.466 0.436
* - Significant at 10% Confidence Interval** - Significant at 5% Confidence Interval*** - Significant at 1% Confidence Interval
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Conclusion
• There is a difference between better off and worse off households
• The better off households spend less on consumption food and utilities and more on education and consumer durables than worse off households
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Thank you
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