The drivers and the barriers of incoming remittance flows in Europe: Analysis at the regional level

The paper compiles a Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood econometric model aiming at detecting and assessing the drivers and the barriers of incoming remittance flows in Europe. The analysis focuses on 297 NUTS 2 level regions and covers the period 2010–2018. For the needs of the analysis, the paper compiles a dataset with interregional remittance flows “regionalising” the corresponding country-level data. The findings of the paper offer substantial insight into the roles of economic, demographic, geographical and institutional factors, not only enriching the discourse in economic integration theory but also presenting practical implications for policymakers engaged in regional economic planning and integration strategies.