Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/147882 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10196
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper studies the effects of remittances on informal employment in the migrants' countries of origin, looking both at the remittance-receiving and non-migrant households. Using data from the Social Exclusion Survey, conducted in six transition economies in 2009, I find that receiving remittances increases the likelihood of working informally. At the regional level, high prevalence of remittances is associated with a higher likelihood of informal work among non-migrant households. Migration and remittances may thus be contributing to informal employment in migration-sending countries.
Subjects: 
transition economies
non-migrant households
informal work
migration
remittances
two stage residual inclusion
JEL: 
F24
J46
J61
R23
O17
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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