World Bank2015-05-212015-05-212014-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21966This report starts by presenting the international and Italian context of international remittance flows in the past decade, as a general framework of the study (chapter two). The connection between the labor market integration of migrants with the more general economic trends in their destination countries is a crucial issue in the current academic and political debate. Trends and impacts of the economic crisis reflect themselves in micro-behaviors and affect also the transnational activities of migrants. Chapter three presents the objectives of the research and the related survey design and sampling techniques for the fieldwork, while a specific methodological note is added at the end of the report on the fieldwork phase. Chapter four focuses on empirical findings from the analysis of the 480 interviews collected. After a brief description of demographic and economic conditions of interviewed migrants, the core of this section is devoted to the analysis of migrants’ attitudes and behaviors in sending remittances, in engaging in investments and savings, and to explore changes across time and according to their occupational status at destination. In light of the global commitment to the reduction of remittance costs as a part of a more comprehensive strategy to foster the migration and development nexus, a specific section deals with remittance service providers and remittance costs revealing still room for improvement for the development of a competitive and transparent remittance market. The conclusive chapter highlights the main empirical findings and suggests further lines of analysis on migratory models, migrant economic integration and transnationalism from the collected empirical evidence.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOECONOMIC PARTICIPATIONFINANCIAL SERVICESIMMIGRANTTRANSFER CASHCREDIT CARDSWORKFORCETRAINING SESSIONDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCELOCAL AUTHORITIESMIGRATION POLICYSPOUSEINCOMEFINANCIAL LITERACYSENSITIVE ISSUESGLOBAL EFFORTREMITTANCEBANKING SERVICESCOUNTRIES OF ORIGINBANK ACCOUNTDEVELOPING COUNTRIESHEALTH CAREIMMIGRANTSMONEY TRANSFERMONEY TRANSFER OPERATORLEGAL STATUSFAMILY MEMBERSREMITTANCE SENDINGAMOUNT OF REMITTANCESHEALTH WORKERSREMITTANCE SERVICESDESTINATION COUNTRYSEND REMITTANCESREMITTANCES SERVICESINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATIONCASH TRANSFERCREDIT CARDMIGRANT COMMUNITIESREMITTANCE FLOWSDEMAND FOR REMITTANCESECONOMIC STABILITYNATIONAL LEVELNUMBER OF PEOPLESEND MONEYREMITTANCE OUTFLOWSLABOR MARKETFEMALE MIGRANTSOFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCETRAININGFAMILY SIZEFAMILY REUNIFICATIONINTERNATIONAL REMITTANCESSECONDARY SCHOOLMIGRATIONNURSESTRANSFERSEMERGENCIESHEALTH CARE SERVICESNUMBER OF MIGRANTSHIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAREMITTANCE SERVICE PROVIDERSFINANCIAL FLOWSSERVICE PROVIDERFINANCIAL PRODUCTSFLOWS OF REMITTANCESEXTENDED FAMILIESLARGER FAMILIESBANK TRANSFERSMIGRANTSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTCASH TRANSFERSMIGRANT WORKFORCEELDERLYREMITTANCE AMOUNTRESPECTPROGRESSINTERNATIONAL TRANSFERSTRANSACTIONSSEND MONEY HOMEREMITTERSPATTERNS OF CONSUMPTIONDIASPORAHOUSEHOLD LEVELMIGRANTVOCATIONAL TRAININGTRANSPORTATIONPOLICIESSOCIAL SERVICESHOME COUNTRYECONOMIC RESOURCESMIGRANT REMITTANCESREMITTANCE RECIPIENTSPOLICY MAKERSIMMIGRATION COUNTRIESLABOUR MIGRATIONSOCIAL POLICYRECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDSFAMILY INCOMEREMITTANCE SENDERSINCOMESLONG-TERM RESIDENTSEDUCATION OF CHILDRENINTERNATIONAL REMITTANCEMONEY HOMEMIGRANT WORKERSREMITTANCE IMPACTBULLETINNATIONALSPOLICYCITIZENSREMITTANCE COSTSFINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTUREBANK ACCOUNTSINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTSREMITTANCE MARKETSEXPOLICY BRIEFRESIDENCE STATUSECONOMIC INTEGRATIONIMMIGRATION LAWLEVEL OF EDUCATIONCITIZENSHIPCOUNTRY OF RESIDENCEWORKING CONDITIONSMONETARY FLOWSRURAL AREASREMITTANCE SERVICENUMBER OF CHILDRENIMMIGRATIONINDIVIDUAL INCOMESFINANCIAL INTERMEDIARYECONOMIC TRENDSPOPULATIONBILL PAYMENTSMARITAL STATUSCOUNTRIES OF DESTINATIONLIVING CONDITIONSDEBIT CARDREMITTANCE CORRIDORSEXCHANGE RATEPOPULATION DATAWOMENGENDER DIFFERENTIALSCOUNTRY OF ORIGINREMITTANCESBANK TRANSFERMONEY TRANSFERSTRANSFER MONEYSERVICE PROVIDERSWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/21966