Niimi, YokoPham, Thai HungReilly, Barry2012-05-292012-05-292008-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6529This paper examines the determinants of remittance behavior for Vietnam using data from the 2004 Vietnam Migration Survey on internal migrants. It considers how, among other things, the vulnerability of a migrant's life at the destination, their link to relatives back home, and the time spent at the destination affect remittances. The paper finds that migrants act as risk-averse economic agents and send remittances back to the household of origin as part of an insurance exercise in the face of economic uncertainty. Remittances are also found to be driven by a migrant's labor market earnings level. The paper highlights the important role of remittances in providing an effective means of risk-coping and mutual support within the family.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO SAVINGSAGRICULTURAL SECTORAMOUNT OF REMITTANCESANNUAL REMITTANCESAVERAGE SIZE OF REMITTANCESBANKSBORROWINGCAPITAL MARKETCHILD-CARECOLLEGE DEGREECOLLEGE EDUCATIONCOOPERATIVESDEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONDETERMINANTS OF REMITTANCESDIVERSIFICATIONDUMMY VARIABLEDUMMY VARIABLESEARNINGSECONOMIC AGENTSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC REFORMSECONOMIC STATUSECONOMIC UNCERTAINTYEDUCATION LEVELELDERLYEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT STATUSETHNIC GROUPEXPENDITURESFAMILIESFAMILY MEMBERSFARMERSFINANCIAL FLOWSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTGENDERGOVERNMENT SUBSIDIESHEALTH INSURANCEHOME COUNTRYHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD INVESTMENTHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN RESOURCESIMMIGRANTIMMIGRANTSIMMIGRATIONIMPACT OF MIGRATIONIMPORTANCE OF REMITTANCESINCOMEINCOME SHOCKSINEQUALITYINFORMAL SECTORINHERITANCEINTERNAL MIGRANTSINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTSINTERNATIONAL REMITTANCESINVESTMENT FLOWSJOB CREATIONLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLABOUR SUPPLYLAMLAND REFORMLARGE CITIESLEGAL STATUSLIVING STANDARDLIVING STANDARDSLOANLOAN REPAYMENTMAILING ADDRESSMARITAL STATUSMARKET CONDITIONSMARKET ECONOMYMARKET RISKMIGRANTMIGRANT HOUSEHOLDSMIGRANT REMITTANCEMIGRANT REMITTANCESMIGRATIONMIGRATION DECISIONMIGRATION FLOWSMIGRATION POLICIESMIGRATION PROCESSMIGRATORY MOVEMENTSNUMBER OF MIGRANTSOPPORTUNITY COSTPLACE OF RESIDENCEPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION MOVEMENTPOSITIVE COEFFICIENTPOSITIVE COEFFICIENTSPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONPROGRESSPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF LIFERATE OF RETURNRATES OF RETURNRECEIPTRECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDSREFUGEEREGISTRATION SYSTEMREMITTANCEREMITTANCE INFLOWSREMITTANCESREMITTERSREPAYMENTRESPECTROLE OF REMITTANCESRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL WELFARESAVINGSSCHOOL AGESCHOOL-AGE CHILDRENSECONDARY EDUCATIONSEND MONEYSEND MONEY HOMESEND REMITTANCESSETTLEMENTSOCIAL NETWORKSOCIAL NETWORKSSPOUSETEMPORARY MIGRANTSTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRANSFER OF GOODSTRANSPORTATIONUNDPUNITED NATIONSURBAN AREASURBAN MIGRATIONVALUE OF REMITTANCESVOLUME OF REMITTANCE FLOWSVOLUME OF REMITTANCESVULNERABILITYWORKING MIGRANTSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4586