Remittances, Labour Supply and Activity of Household Members Left-Behind
研究了汇款对塔吉克斯坦留守家庭成员劳动供给和活动类型的影响，发现汇款减少了工资就业概率，增加了小规模自雇活动，但未产生依赖效应。
This paper analyses the role of remittances on labour supply and activity of household members left behind, by explicitly distinguishing between different types of self-employment. Contrary to the existing evidence, we find no ‘dependency’ effect of remittances. Our results show that remittances received by households in Tajikistan decrease the probability of wage employment and increase that of small-scale self-employment activities of men staying behind, without affecting the number of job-specific hours worked. Any positive effect on economic development would be, however, limited, as self-employment is in rather small-scale activities that do not generate a regular income stream.