%0 Report
        %A Ivlevs, Artjoms
        %T Remittances and Informal Work
        %D 2016
        %8 2016 Sep
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 10196
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10196
        %X 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.
        %K transition economies
%K non-migrant households
%K informal work
%K migration
%K remittances
%K two stage residual inclusion