Kokouvi Kunalè MAWUENA Université de Lomé, Togo Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Département d ’ Économie syl.mawuena@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5042-4237
Mawussé Komlagan Nézan OKEY Université de Lomé, Togo Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Département d ’ Économie mawusseo2000@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6434-4262
Essohanam PELENGUEI Université de Lomé, Togo Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Département d ’ Économie corresponding author : silverepelenguei@yahoo.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8038-7406
Benoit KAFANDO Université de Montréal, Canada Observatoire de la Francophonie Économique benoit.kafando@umontreal.ca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2000-0812
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.
Keywords : remittances, population health, health expenditure, migrants.