Impact of Remittances from Migrants on the Health Expenditure of Recipient Households in Togo

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the effect of migrant remittances on the health expenditure of recipient households in Togo. The consequences of the migratory flows of recent years in developing countries do not spare Togo. One wonders about the effects that this phenomenon can have on the daily lives of households. To achieve this goal, we used the propensity score matching model using data from the 2015 Unified Questionnaire of Core Indicators of Well-being survey. The results show that remittances have a positive impact on the use of modern rather than traditional health services and these also have a positive impact on the use of public health services. One of the major recommendations of our results therefore militates in favour of facilitating the procedures for transferring migrants to migrants in Togo.(original abstract)