International migration and poverty in the Philippines: Insights from the household-level data obtained through the community-based monitoring system

• Main Author: Sobreviñas, Alellie B.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Foreign workers, Filipino; Emigration and immigration—Economic aspects; Poverty—Philippines; Philippines—Economic condition; Economics; Migration Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5794
• Institution: De La Salle University

International migration has been an important economic strategy of many Filipino households. Records show that a significant number of Filipinos work abroad and send remittances to their families back home. Using household-level data obtained by selected local government units (LGUs) in the Philippi...