Welfare implications of remittances controlling for household employment decisions

• Main Author: Go, Jocylen Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2005
• Subjects: Emigrant remittances; Filipinos > Employment > Foreign; Emigration and immigration; Employment in foreign countries; Households > Employment
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_honors/262
• Institution: De La Salle University

Poverty and instability in the Philippines had caused many Filipino households to follow a labor emigration strategy, where they send members abroad to work, to combat the economic hardships experienced in the country. Part of this strategic plan is the receipt of remittances. The size and impact of...