Abstract
The paper aims at identifying and evaluating differences between microeconomic determinants of remittance from immigrant workers and migrants based on a survey of 1680 responders in Vietnam. Unlike previous studies, we add foreign language proficiency, costs for obtaining permission to work abroad (for oversea workers), home town as variables into the model. It found that female workers had a lower propensity to support their household of origin via remittances than the male worker, while female migrants seemed to send more money to their home countries rather than male migrants. Interestingly, from the North to the South, the paper found that oversea workers seemed to send more money to those they left behind, while migrants are found to send less remittance. In addition, the empirical evidence suggests that other demographic determinants including income, age, and marital status play a very important role in attracting remittance flows into Vietnam. Lastly, language proficiency might cause positive impact on amount for both migrants and immigrant workers, but it will be resulted in a decrease in frequency of remittance per year.
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