International migration and living conditions: exploring the Colombian case

International migration and living conditions: exploring the Colombian case

This paper explores the causal relationship between international migration and living conditions of Colombian households by means of a multidimensional indicator. We used OLS estimation and data for Colombia from the Health and Demography National Survey (ENDS in Spanish) for 2010. We found that li...

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Published in:Migraciones (Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Instituto Universitario de Estudios sobre Migraciones) no. 40; pp. 153 - 181
Main Authors: María Teresa Victoria Paredes, Luis Miguel Tovar Cuevas, Johann Alexis Ospina Galindez, Diego Alejandro Tovar Ríos, Mercedes Andrade Bejarano
Format: Journal Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Pontificia Comillas 01-01-2017
Subjects:
calidad de vida
Colombia
condiciones de vida
desarrollo económico
Migración internacional
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Summary:This paper explores the causal relationship between international migration and living conditions of Colombian households by means of a multidimensional indicator. We used OLS estimation and data for Colombia from the Health and Demography National Survey (ENDS in Spanish) for 2010. We found that living conditions were associated with geographical location and household composition. The descriptive analysis showed that for some states of Colombia there were statistically significant differences between living conditions for households with migrants and households with no migrants. However, the estimated OLS results do not support these findings at national level and differ from other findings in the literature.
ISSN:1138-5774
2341-0833
DOI:10.14422/mig.i40.y2016.013