abstract: 'The objective is to present our contribution to the theoretical

  literature through a simple theoretical model dealing with the effect of

  remittances on the labor market of the origin countries and on the other

  hand to test this relationship empirically in the case of Tunisia. The

  methodology used consists of estimating a panel of the nine main

  destinations of the Tunisian migrants in Europe between 1997 and 2017.

  The empirical results show that the main factors explaining the decision

  to emigrate are the economic factors related mainly to the income

  differential, the demographic factors related to the differential age

  structure of the origin and host populations, and the cultural factors

  linked basically to the language mastery. Indeed, the migrant stocks are

  one of the main determinants of the remittances to Tunisia. But there

  are other variables that do not lack importance such as the economic

  conditions linked by the host countries. This shows that Tunisian

  migrants react more to economic conditions in European countries than in

  Tunisia. The economic situation of European countries dominates the

  number of emigrants as an explanatory factor for the amount of transfers

  from Tunisian emigrants. Similarly, the results confirm that an increase

  in remittances significantly reduces the demand for employment and

  therefore increases the unemployment rate. This positive correlation

  reveals that the impact of demographic changes on the effect of

  remittances occurs through an increase in unemployment due to the aging

  of the population, which coincides with the case of Tunisia going

  through a demographic transition period.'
affiliation: 'Habib, H (Corresponding Author), Univ Farhat Hached, Fac Econ Sci \&
  Management Tunis, El Manar Ii, Tunisia.

  Habib, Hajer, Univ Farhat Hached, Fac Econ Sci \& Management Tunis, El Manar Ii,
  Tunisia.'
author: Habib, Hajer
author-email: hajerhabib.k@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Habib
  given: Hajer
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s13132-022-00952-9
earlyaccessdate: FEB 2022
eissn: 1868-7873
files: []
issn: 1868-7865
journal: JOURNAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
keywords: 'International migration; Remittances; Labor market participation;

  Demographic changes; Tunisia'
keywords-plus: 'INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; POVERTY; ECONOMICS; IMPACT; PRODUCTIVITY;

  EMIGRATION; INEQUALITY; COUNTRIES; WORKERS'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '93'
pages: 1870-1899
papis_id: dee2463e1273ba1ee77038b561a38933
ref: Habib2023remittanceslabor
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Remittances and Labor Supply: Evidence from Tunisia'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000759008600001
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '5'
volume: '14'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2023'