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

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: 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.

Url: http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/app.20140010

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Authors: Ambler, Kate; Aycinena, Diego; Yang, Dean

Periodical (Full): American Economic Journal

Issue: 2

Volume: 7

Pages: 207-232

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other, Race and Ethnicity

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