TY - JOUR
T1 - Do migrant remittances affect household spending? Focus on wedding expenditures
AU - Kakhkharov, Jakhongir
AU - Ahunov, Muzaffarjon
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - We use nationally representative survey data and propensity score matching to investigate the impact of remittances from labor migrants on households’ wedding expenditures. The investigation provides evidence that remittance-receiving households spend a smaller share of their budget on wedding ceremonies. Since lavish wedding ceremonies serve the purpose of increasing households' social status through conspicuous displays of wealth, the study concludes that remittance-recipient households are less likely to be engaged in conspicuous consumption than are households that do not receive remittances.
AB - We use nationally representative survey data and propensity score matching to investigate the impact of remittances from labor migrants on households’ wedding expenditures. The investigation provides evidence that remittance-receiving households spend a smaller share of their budget on wedding ceremonies. Since lavish wedding ceremonies serve the purpose of increasing households' social status through conspicuous displays of wealth, the study concludes that remittance-recipient households are less likely to be engaged in conspicuous consumption than are households that do not receive remittances.
KW - Migration
KW - Remittances
KW - Household expenditures
KW - Wedding expenditures
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85119282747&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00181-021-02163-8
DO - 10.1007/s00181-021-02163-8
M3 - Article
VL - 63
SP - 979
EP - 1028
JO - Empirical Economics: a quarterly journal of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
JF - Empirical Economics: a quarterly journal of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
SN - 0377-7332
IS - 2
ER -