Labor Migration has long been viewed as a strategy adopted by the household unit to
allocate family resources rationally to increase the flows of income and to raise family …

The paper looks into the effects of international migration and remittances on household
incomes and well-being, poverty reduction, human capital investment, saving, and regional …

Background Economic remittances, defined as household transfer by the migrant member to
his/her family, primarily meant for consumption purpose is central to both internal and …

Several studies on the impact of international migration and remittances on household
outcomes have been released recently. Many were found to have conflicting results. This …

The major purpose of the research is to examine gender differences in patterns of labor
market activity, economic behavior and economic outcomes among labor migrants. While …

This paper addresses the question whether and to what extent remittances contribute to
poverty alleviation and regional development in the Philippines. It first revisits the causes …

The impact of international migration on the labor supply of workers' nonmigrant relatives
has not been well documented in the literature. Using household survey data representing …

Introduction nternational migration is now viewed as the household response to the
economic changes of the globalization process. There is now a growing literature that has …

Foreign remittances are the most attractive aspect of labour migration to the governments of
labour-exporting countries and to individual migrants and their families. The literature on …

This paper uses a rich series of data sets from the Philippines to examine the decisions to
migrate and to remit for individuals. Section 1 uses existing published statistics for the …