Unemployment rates decreased and hourly labour costs increased following emigration from new EU member states
Emigrating for labour-related reasons is less common in communities where emigration rates are higher
Remittances to developing countries far exceed official development assistance (ODA)
Share of households owning real estate is higher among households with remittances than households without remittances
Households receiving remittances spend more on education in a majority of the IPPMD countries
Business ownership is higher in households with return migrants than households without return migrants in a majority of the countries
Return migrants tend to be better educated in most countries
Small and poor countries have the highest emigration rate of tertiary-educated people (2010-11)
The proportion of emigrants with children left in the country of origin is highest in poor countries
Overall remittance costs have fallen by approximately 2 percentage points since 2009, but costs vary greatly across regions
Most return migrants surveyed came home because they prefer their country of origin
Remittance-receiving households with bank accounts receive more remittances on average