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Channeling Remittances to Education: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador

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Publicado en:NBER Working Paper Series (Jun 2014), p. 20262
Autor principal: Ambler, Kate
Otros Autores: Aycinena, Diego, Yang, Dean
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National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
Materias:
El Salvador
Education
Expenditures
Experiments
Statistical analysis
Remittances
Beneficiaries
Economics
Noncitizens
Students
Developing countries > LDCs
Development banks
Public policy
Economic theory
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Resumen:Working Paper No. 20262 We implement a randomized experiment offering Salvadoran migrants matching funds for educational remittances, which are channeled directly to a beneficiary student in El Salvador chosen by the migrant. The matches lead to increased educational expenditures, higher private school attendance, and lower labor supply of youths in El Salvador households connected to migrant study participants. We find substantial "crowd-in" of educational investments: for each $1 received by beneficiaries, educational expenditures increase by $3.72. We find no shifting of expenditures away from other students, and no effect on remittances.
ISSN:0898-2937
DOI:10.3386/w20262
Fuente:ABI/INFORM Global