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    Impact of Remittances and Gender on Expenditure Pattern: An Insight into Intra-Household Resource allocation of Rural Sector Households in Sri Lanka
    (Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya., 2020) Dharmadasa, R. A. P. I. S.; Rathnayake,, K. K. H. M.; Samaraweera,, W. G. R. L.
    Using a nationally representative data set, this study examines the impact of migrant remittances on expenditure pattern and intra-household decision making process of rural households in Sri Lanka. The impact was estimated using fractional logit models within the Engel curve framework. Estimating the fractional logit models, we find evidence that there are strong differences in the impact on expenditure patterns of male and female household heads with the receipt of internal remittances whereas effect of international remittances on changing the expenditure pattern and the intra-household resource allocation is negligible. More specifically male household heads allocate less on education and more on ad hoc purchases, entertainment and transport expenditure, while female household heads allocate more on food expenditure with the receipt of internal remittances. Moreover, remitters’ contribution for the ad hoc purchases, entertainment and transport expenditure increases with their presence as a migrant to the household head. Overall, the study concludes that remittances are not directed towards the productive investments or human capital formation with the receipt of remittances in male headed or female headed households of rural sector of Sri Lanka.
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    Impact of Internal Migration and Other Significant Factors on Improving Labor Productivity of Agricultural Sector
    (2011) Silva, G.R.P.
    Escalated amount of studies are being carried out by various scholars from different disciplines to estimate the extent to which labor productivity and its impact on various economic and social aspects. Primarily this study focuses on examining the relationship between labor productivity and internal migration in Sri Lanka for last 10 years. Based on the significance of the factors on labor productivity, production function was developed for the agricultural sector. Factors that are making impact on the migration are recognized based on the internal migration function. Indirect elasticity was used to analyze the bond between agricultural sector labor productivity on internal labor migration. Data were collected from secondary sources pertaining to labor productivity and internal migration during last thirty years and primary data were collected through focus group discussions. Research finding indicates that the literacy, usage of fertilizer and pesticide and production methods have significant impact on the agricultural sector productivity. Additionally wage dissimilarity and age structure has momentous impact on internal migration from rural to urban. Further it is clearly indicated that the equal distribution of power and resources and reduction in economic discrepancy among provinces could be used as tools in controlling the internal labor migration. However fair distributions of the value addition made by the agricultural sector among contributors assume to be much poor and it is considered as one of the major requirement expected by the agricultural sector participants. Improvements in the nature and the quality of the product would be substantially important for the successful addressing the internal migration issue.