International Return Migration and Remittances: the Regional Perspective
International Return Migration and Remittances: the Regional Perspective

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the authors analyze empirically the determinants of return migration and the linkage between return migration and remittance behavior from the perspective of migrant source region. The study brings a new perspective to this topic, as the authors have directly identified return migrants and do not rely on the declared intentions to return, as in the previous studies. Using a large representative household survey from Silesian voivodeship (a province in southern Poland), the authors identify the most important factors that affect the individual’s decision to return to the home region. Then they inspect the relationship between the return decision and remittance behavior. The results of the study show that return migrants are more prone to remit and send more funds than those migrants who remained abroad at the moment of the survey. The findings demonstrate also that tertiary educated migrants are less likely to transfer financial assets than other migrants.

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