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The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising more than 17,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics.

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49 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18308
From Root Causes to Shared Gains: Migration Policy for Low-Income Countries in a Labor-Scarce World
Michael A. Clemens
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18135
Beyond the Border: Labor Market Effects of U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policies in El Salvador
Christian Ambrosius, Juliana Quigua, Andrea Velasquez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12984
Does Emigration Affect Pro-Environmental Behaviour Back Home? A Long-Term, Local-Level Perspective
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Kyklos, 2021, 74(1): 48-76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12480
Estimating the Determinants of Remittances Originating from U.S. Households using CPS Data
Nicole B. Simpson, Chad Sparber
published in: Eastern Economic Journal, 2020, 46 (1), 161-189
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12254
To Europe or Not to Europe? Migration and Public Support for Joining the European Union in the Western Balkans
Artjoms Ivlevs, Roswitha M. King
published in: International Migration Review, 2020, 54(2), 559–584
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12075
Emigration and Alcohol Consumption among Migrant Household Members Staying Behind: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Sara Paulone, Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2019, 221, 40-48
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11835
Migration, Remittances and Human Capital Investment in Kenya
Annie Laurie Hines, Nicole B. Simpson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11676
The Impact of Government Spending on GDP in a Remitting Country
Almukhtar Al-Abri, Ismail H. Genc, George S Naufal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11552
Economic Resources, Financial Aid and Remittances
Simon Pierre Boulanger Martel, Lisa Pelling, Eskil Wadensjö
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11438
Hollowing Out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria
James T. Bang, Aniruddha Mitra, Phanindra V. Wunnava
published in: Migration and Development, 2022, 11 (3), 543 - 559
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11437
Emigration, Remittances and the Subjective Well-Being of Those Staying Behind
Artjoms Ivlevs, Milena Nikolova, Carol Lee Graham
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32 (1), 113-151.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11330
Will Skill-Based Immigration Policies Lead to Lower Remittances? An Analysis of the Relations between Education, Sponsorship, and Remittances
Sankar Mukhopadhyay, Miaomiao Zou
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (3), 489-508
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10927
Immigration Policy and Remittance Behaviour
Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani, Guy Tchuente
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10445
International Migration, Return Migration, and their Effects: A Comprehensive Review on the Romanian Case
Remus Gabriel Anghel, Alina Botezat, Anatolie Coșciug, Ioana Manafi, Monica Roman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10367
Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa
Julia Bredtmann, Fernanda Martínez Flores, Sebastian Otten
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55 (7), 1455-1476.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10196
Remittances and Informal Work
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1172-1190
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10111
Return Plans and Migrants' Behavior
Bastien Chabé-Ferret, Joël Machado, Jackline Wahba
published as 'Remigration Intentions and Migrants' Behavior' in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018, 68, 56-72.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9541
The Effect of Remittances on Labour Supply in the Republic of Haiti
Evans Jadotte, Xavier Ramos
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52 (12), 1810-1825.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9516
Migrants' Remittances: Channelling Globalization
Remus Gabriel Anghel, Matloob Piracha, Teresa Randazzo
revised version published in: Leila Simona Talani and Simon McMahon (eds.), Handbook of the International Political Economy of Migration, Edward Elgar 2015, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 11, 234-258.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9494
Regional Migration, Insurance and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Nicaragua
Teresa Molina Millán
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (11), 2000-2029
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9340
Remittances and Credit Markets: Evidence from Senegal
Linguère Mously Mbaye
revised version published as 'Remittances and rural credit markets: Evidence from Senegal' in:Review of Development Economic, 2021, 25 (1), 183 - 199
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8810
A Tacit Monetary Policy of the Gulf Countries: Is There a Remittances Channel?
Ali Termos, Ismail H. Genc, George S Naufal
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2016, 20 (2), 599-610
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8690
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Romanian Migrants during Transition and Enlargements
Daniela Andrén, Monica Roman
published in: Kahanec, M., and Zimmermann, K.F. (eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer, 2016, 247-269
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8521
Emigration, Remittances and Corruption Experience of Those Staying Behind
Artjoms Ivlevs, Roswitha M. King
published as "Does emigration reduce corruption?" in: Public Choice, 2017, 171 (3-4), 389–408
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8106
Remittances and Household Expenditure Behaviour in Senegal
Teresa Randazzo, Matloob Piracha
substantially revised version published as 'Remittances and household expenditure behaviour: Evidence from Senegal' in: Economic Modelling, 2019, 79, 141-153
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8007
Remittances and Child Labour in Africa: Evidence from Burkina Faso
Olivier B. Bargain, Delphine Boutin
published as 'Remittance Effects on Child Labour: Evidence from Burkina Faso' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51 (7), 922-938
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7984
Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance? Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Catia Batista, Janis Umblijs
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2016, 68 (1), 108-130.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7779
Remittances and Migration Intentions of the Left-Behind
Matloob Piracha, Amrita Saraogi
published in: Migration and Development, 2016, 6(1), 102-122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7747
"To Have and Have Not": Migration, Remittances, Poverty and Inequality in Algeria
David N. Margolis, Luis Miotti, El Mouhoub Mouhoud, Joël Oudinet
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7666
Money for Nothing? Ukrainian Immigrants in Poland and their Remitting Behaviors
Pawel Kaczmarczyk
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7485
Structural Change in MENA Remittance Flows
George S Naufal, Ismail H. Genc
published in: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2015, 51(6), 1175-1178
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6940
The Economics of Circular Migration
Amelie F. Constant, Olga Nottmeyer, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: A. F. Constant, K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 3, 55-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6622
Remittances and Portfolio Values: An Inquiry Using Spanish Immigrants from Africa, Europe and the Americas
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo
published in: World Development, 2013, 41, 83-95.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6584
A Global View of Cross-Border Migration
Julian di Giovanni, Andrei A. Levchenko, Francesc Ortega
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, 13 (1), 168-202
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6546
The Impact of the 1996 US Immigration Policy Reform (IIRIRA) on Mexican Migrants' Remittances
Matias Vaira-Lucero, Daehoon Nahm, Massimiliano Tani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6169
Migration, Openness and the Global Preconditions of 'Smart Development'
Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati
published in: Boğaziçi Journal Review of Social, Economic and Administrative Studies, 2012, 26 (2), 27-89.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6119
Sizing It Up: Labor Migration Lessons of the EU Enlargement to 27
Amelie F. Constant
published in: European Migration and Asylum Policies: Coherence or Contradiction, C. Gortázar, C. Parra, B. Segaert, and C. Timmerman, editors. Bruylant: Belgium, 2012, 49-77
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6104
Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport, Sara Salomone
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42 (5), 817-28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6091
Remittances and Return Migration
William Collier, Matloob Piracha, Teresa Randazzo
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2018, 22(1), 174-202
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5467
Motivations for Remittances: Evidence from Moldova
Matloob Piracha, Amrita Saraogi
published in: Oxford Development Studies, 2012, 40 (4), 467-491
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4874
Selection Policy and Immigrants' Remittance Behaviour
Stephane Mahuteau, Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani
revised as DP 10927
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4617
New Evidence on the Role of Remittances on Health Care Expenditures by Mexican Households
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 69-98.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4318
Remittances to Latin America from Migrants in the United States: Assessing the Impact of Amnesty Programs
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Francesca Mazzolari
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91 (2), 323-335
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4277
The Responsiveness of Remittances to the Oil Price: The Case of the GCC
George S Naufal, Ali Termos
published in: OPEC Energy Review, 2009, 33 (3/4), 184-197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4066
Changing Fertility Preferences One Migrant at a Time: The Impact of Remittances on the Fertility Rate
George S Naufal, Carlos Vargas-Silva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3950
Ethnicity and the Immigration of Highly Skilled Workers to the United States
Guillermina Jasso
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1+2), 26-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3450
International Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Inequality
Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann
substantially revised version published in: Oxford Handbook on Economic Inequality, Oxford University Press, Oxford et al., 2009, 455 - 490
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3393
Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less
Yoko Niimi, Caglar Ozden, Maurice Schiff
published in: Annales d’Economie et de Statistique, 2010, 97/98, 123-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2501
Social Relations and Remittances: Evidence from Canadian Micro Data
Don J. DeVoretz, Florin Vadean
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