International Conference on Eurasian Economies

4-5 November 2010 – Istanbul, TURKEY

Paper detail

Paper ID : 189
Status : Paper published
Language : English
Topic : International Trade and Globalization
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Monica Roman
Session : 2C International Relations

A comparative analysis of remittance behaviour between East European and North African migrants
A comparative analysis of remittance behaviour between East European and North African migrants

• Prof. Dr. Monica Roman (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)
• Ph.D. candidate Bogdan Ileanu (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)
• Prof. Dr. Mihai Roman (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)

Abstract

The labour migration in Europe is a phenomenon with multiple effects, both positive and negative. Money sent by emigrants to their families is increasing their quality of life and has positive effects on the family relations; therefore it can be identified an increasing interest in the literature in studying such aspects. The purpose of the paper is to conduct a comparative analysis of the migrants’ propensity to sending money to the origin country. The study is based on data coming from the National Immigrant Survey of Spain (in Spanish: Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes – 2007). A total of 15,475 interviews were carried out. Moroccans, Romanians, and Ecuadorians represent 30% of the total number of immigrants resident in Spain. We employ a binary logistic regression model in order to identify the impact of socio-demographical factors on the probability of sending money abroad from Spain. Our aim is to identify cultural discrepancies in remittances sending, according to origin of migrants. We are mainly focusing on two large groups of respondents, which are North African and South Eastern Europe migrants. The variables employed are age of respondent, education, Intention to return in the country of origin, The period spent in Spain, gender of respondent, and the relation with the country of origin defined by the frequency of visits in the country. We identified similar patterns and also significant differences among the two groups.

JEL codes: F22, I31, R23

Roman, Monica, Ileanu, Bogdan, Roman, Mihai (2010). "A comparative analysis of remittance behaviour between East European and North African migrants" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2010, pp.154-159, Istanbul, TURKEY.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C01.00189

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Session 2C: International Relations