%0 Journal Article %T The impact of migrant workers'remittances on the living standards of families in Morocco: A propensity score matching approach %+ Centre d'Analyse Théorique et de Traitement des données économiques (CATT) %+ Développement, Institutions et Modialisation (LEDA-DIAL) %A Bouoiyour, Jamal %A Miftah, Amal %< avec comité de lecture %@ 1741-8984 %J Migration Letters %I Migration Letters %V 12 %N 1 %P 289-298 %8 2015-01 %D 2015 %R 10.33182/ml.v12i1.253 %K remittances %K Poverty %K Morocco %K propensity score matching %Z Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and FinanceJournal articles %X This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in Morocco. We apply propensity score matching methods to the 2006/2007 Moroccan Living Standards Measurement Survey. We find that migrants’ remittances can improve living standards among Moroccan households andaffect negatively the incidence of poverty.The results show a statistically significant and positive impact of hoseremittances on recipient households’ expenditures. Theyare also significantly associated with a decline in the probability of being in poverty for rural households; it decreases by 11.3 percentage points. In comparison, this probability decreases by 3 points in urban area. %G English %L hal-01879681 %U https://univ-pau.hal.science/hal-01879681 %~ SHS %~ CNRS %~ UNIV-PAU %~ UNIV-DAUPHINE %~ AO-ECONOMIE %~ LEDA-DAUPHINE %~ PSL %~ CATT %~ UNIV-DAUPHINE-PSL %~ UPPA-OA