A bittersweet treat: Impact of OFW remittances on labor hours worked per week using selected socio-demographic variables of the household head

• Main Authors: Braganza, Vina A., Gutierrez, Eric Francis C., Meneses, Jaymee Anne A., Olaso, Joanne Francelle L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Foreign workers, Filipino; Emigrant remittances > Philippines
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/14724
• Institution: De La Salle University

Remittances play a very important part to the households that receive them. Remittances are money endowed by migrants to their families at their home country. Many consider them as additional or non-labor income, used for consumption and investment purposes. However, it seems that more and more reci...