A bittersweet treat: Impact of OFW remittances on labor hours worked per week using selected socio-demographic variables of the household head
Date of Publication
2009
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics
College
Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business
Department/Unit
Economics
Defense Panel Member
Tereso S. Tullao, Jr.
Mitzie Irene Ponce Conchada
Abstract/Summary
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 recipients become heavily dependent on these remittances for their households needs. The presence of another source of income would give an individual less incentive to work and may cause him to choose leisure over labor. The aim of this study is to determine if remittances have an impact on the labor participation of households heads. From using the merged FIEs, LFS and SOW dataset of the Philippines and OLS regression models, it was concluded that remittances do impose less number of hours worked last week for the household heads that receive them from those that do not. It was also observed that results vary according to gender and the region where the household head resides
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU16044
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
83 leaves 29 cm.
Keywords
Foreign workers, Filipino; Emigrant remittances--Philippines
Recommended Citation
Braganza, V. A., Gutierrez, E. C., Meneses, J. A., & Olaso, J. L. (2009). A bittersweet treat: Impact of OFW remittances on labor hours worked per week using selected socio-demographic variables of the household head. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/14724