Who Is Bearing the Burden? Exploring the Role of Albanian International Migration on Education

The literature on migration has documented the benefits of sending migrants abroad, but much less attention has been paid to the adverse consequences of international migration on those left behind. In this paper, we examine the role of international migration on the accumulation of human capital in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Dabalen, Andrew, Miluka, Juna
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Analysis of Education I210 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Geographic Labor Mobility Immigrant Workers J610
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5564

id	okr-10986-5564
recordtype	oai_dc
spelling	okr-10986-55642021-04-23T14:02:22Z Who Is Bearing the Burden? Exploring the Role of Albanian International Migration on Education Dabalen, Andrew Miluka, Juna Analysis of Education I210 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Geographic Labor Mobility Immigrant Workers J610 The literature on migration has documented the benefits of sending migrants abroad, but much less attention has been paid to the adverse consequences of international migration on those left behind. In this paper, we examine the role of international migration on the accumulation of human capital in Albania. We ask whether investment in human capital of children growing up in households with international migrants is higher compared with children in households without migrants. We find that, across various model specifications, international migration has a negative effect on education in Albania, with larger negative effects for females in rural areas. 2012-03-30T07:33:26Z 2012-03-30T07:33:26Z 2010 Journal Article Eastern European Economics 00128775 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5564 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Albania
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Foreign Institution
institution	Digital Repositories
building	World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection	World Bank
language	EN
topic	Analysis of Education I210 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Geographic Labor Mobility Immigrant Workers J610
spellingShingle	Analysis of Education I210 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Geographic Labor Mobility Immigrant Workers J610 Dabalen, Andrew Miluka, Juna Who Is Bearing the Burden? Exploring the Role of Albanian International Migration on Education
geographic_facet	Albania
relation	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
description	The literature on migration has documented the benefits of sending migrants abroad, but much less attention has been paid to the adverse consequences of international migration on those left behind. In this paper, we examine the role of international migration on the accumulation of human capital in Albania. We ask whether investment in human capital of children growing up in households with international migrants is higher compared with children in households without migrants. We find that, across various model specifications, international migration has a negative effect on education in Albania, with larger negative effects for females in rural areas.
format	Journal Article
author	Dabalen, Andrew Miluka, Juna
author_facet	Dabalen, Andrew Miluka, Juna
author_sort	Dabalen, Andrew
title	Who Is Bearing the Burden? Exploring the Role of Albanian International Migration on Education
title_short	Who Is Bearing the Burden? Exploring the Role of Albanian International Migration on Education
title_full	Who Is Bearing the Burden? Exploring the Role of Albanian International Migration on Education
title_fullStr	Who Is Bearing the Burden? Exploring the Role of Albanian International Migration on Education
title_full_unstemmed	Who Is Bearing the Burden? Exploring the Role of Albanian International Migration on Education
title_sort	who is bearing the burden? exploring the role of albanian international migration on education
publishDate	2012
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5564
_version_	1764395501519634432

Who Is Bearing the Burden? Exploring the Role of Albanian International Migration on Education

Similar Items