Remittances and Informal Work

Artjoms Ivlevs ()

No 10196, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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.

Keywords: transition economies; non-migrant households; informal work; migration; remittances; two stage residual inclusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F24 J46 J61 O17 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2016-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-iue, nep-lab and nep-mig
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Forthcoming - published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1172-1190

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