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This paper explores the impact of international migration on school enrollment of children staying behind in Tajikistan …. Counterfactual situations are constructed for children belonging to households with and without migrants, remittance receiving and … nonreceiving households, and households with migrant parents to single out the impact of migration and remittances. The results …
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are for rural females. For children in wealthier households, the effects of remittances are either negative or non … on schooling for non-migrant households that receive remittances and no effects for children living in households where …We exploit the size of the 2010 Ecuadorian Census to estimate the effect of remittances on secondary school enrollment …
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In this paper, we focus on the use of remittances to school children remaining in migrant communities in Haiti. After … addressing the endogeneity of remittance receipt, we find that remittances raise school attendance for all children in some … remittances by the household lifts budget constraints and raises the children's likelihood of being schooled, the disruptive …
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for the household sector? Can we capture the relevant impact of the remittances on the education level in Egypt? The … purpose of this study is to examine the impact of remittances on the level of educational attainment of children between ages … phenomenon among Egyptians and remittances can play an important role in alleviating household budget constraints. How do …
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remittances to LAC, as well as their costs and benefits. For the home country, the negative impact from emigration on labor … resources and productivity seems to outweigh growth gains from remittances, notably for the Caribbean. However, given emigration …
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household members migrating internally) have a greater impact on education than do external remittances. We posit that this may … indicators has emerged as remittances to developing countries have risen substantially over the past decade. If remittances … capital investment, remittances may serve as a vehicle for growth. In this paper, we use the 2010 Nepal Living Standards …
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high poverty rate in the country. -- Haiti ; education ; remittances ; migration … receipt of remittances affect educational outcomes in Haiti. Based on a theoretical approach it tries to disentangle the … effects of both phenomena that have mostly been jointly modeled in previous literature. The results suggest that remittances …
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Ungleichheit in Lateinamerika und Subsahara-Afrika darstellen können. Kapitel 2 untersucht die Auswirkungen einer Verlängerung der …
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This paper focuses on the effects of domestic and international remittances on children's well-being. Using data from … remittance recipient and non-recipient households. The results of our cross-section and panel analyses indicate that remittances … increase schooling and reduce child labour. Although international remittances are found to have a stronger beneficial impact …
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