Are households who helped migration of their Members more likely to receive remittances?

Agbada Mangalu Mobhe, Université de Kinshasa

The objective of this paper is to shed light on the dynamics between households and migrants in the context of migration from D.R. Congo. Specifically, the paper addresses the following questions: Do households participate in international migration of their members? Are households who actively participate in the migration process of their members through material or Financial aids more likely to receive remittances than other? What are the factors associated with the likelihood of receiving remittances, and with the received amounts of remittances? Do these factors differ by migrants’ continent of residence? The data used in this paper come from MAFE2-DRC conducted in Kinshasa between 2009 and 2010. This project is a part of a vast international research program on Migration funded by European Union. A representative sample of 1,000 households was selected and interviewed in Kinshasa.