TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Ivlevs, Artjoms
        TI  - Remittances and Informal Work
        PY  - 2016/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10196
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10196
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - transition economies
KW  - non-migrant households
KW  - informal work
KW  - migration
KW  - remittances
KW  - two stage residual inclusion
        ER  -