title: The role of international remittances in health outcomes in Ecuador: prevention and response to shocks.
abstract: This article evaluates the impact of remittances on health outcomes in Ecuador using an instrumental-variables approach. Although we do not find significant impacts on long-term child health variables, we find that remittances do have an impact on health expenditures, and on some preventive issues such as de-worming and vaccination. In addition, we find significant effects of remittances on medicine expenditures when illness occurs. In this regard, remittances are used for both preventive and emergency situations. Interestingly, we also find a significant and positive effect of remittances on health knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO).
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ponce
authors.forename: Iliana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Olivié
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onofa
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004467:Economics / Q000266:history; D004484:Ecuador / Q000208:ethnology; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000266:history; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality / Q000266:history; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history