Cross-border Migration and Remittances in a post-communist society: Return flows of money and goods in the Korce district, Albania

Lisa Arrehag, Orjan Sjoberg and Mirja Sjoblom
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Lisa Arrehag: Stockholm School of Economics
Orjan Sjoberg: Stockholm School of Economics
Mirja Sjoblom: Stockholm School of Economics

South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 2005, vol. 3, issue 1, 9-40

Abstract: Since the early 1990s, at least 600,000 Albanians have availed themselves of the option of temporarily or permanently emigrating. Although there is no denying that the consequences of large-scale emigration and the related return flow of money do have an impact on Albanian society, the question is, how? Drawing on the returns to a survey conducted in a border district in south-eastern Albania in late 2002, including a sample of 1,315 households, this paper assesses some of the basic features of remittances - recipients, channels, frequency, forms and use - in a society that has recently become a source of substantial flows of out-migration.

Keywords: Albania; remittances; emigration; non-migrant households; poverty alleviation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 O15 P36 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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