This paper studies the effects of remittances on informal employment in the migrants' countries of origin, looking both … 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 …

This paper studies the effects of remittances on informal employment in the migrants' countries of origin, looking both … 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 …

We focus on the impact of migrants' remittances on consumption patterns in rural China, allowing for endogeneity of … remittances and county fixed-effects. We find that the marginal propensity to consume out of remittances is close to unity, which … remittances as permanent income and are consistent with the prevalence of circular and repeat migration which is largely caused by …

Remittances in Moldova reach 36% of GDP, hence they constitute an essential part of the Moldovan economy. The most … visible characteristic of remittances is their unequal distribution. The analysis applying the standard Lorenz Curve proves … that 75% receiving households gets only 25% of total amount being sent to the country. The way remittances are distributed …

entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism. …

We focus on the impact of migrants’ remittances on consumption patterns in rural China, allowing for endogeneity of … remittances and county fixed-effects. We find that the marginal propensity to consume out of remittances is close to unity, which … remittances as permanent income and are consistent with the prevalence of circular and repeat migration which is largely caused by …

Remittances in Moldova reach 36% of GDP, hence they constitute an essential part of the Moldovan economy. The most … visible characteristic of remittances is their unequal distribution. The analysis applying the standard Lorenz Curve proves … that 75% receiving households gets only 25% of total amount being sent to the country. The way remittances are distributed …

entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism. -- migration ; households ; remittances …

entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism …

entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism …