School Attendance, Child Labour, and Remittances from International Migration in El Salvador

International migrant remittances can increase household budget and reduce liquidity constraint problems, generating consumption and investment opportunities for recipient households. In particular, remittances can enable investing in children's human capital and reduce child labour, key outcom...

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Main Author:	Acosta, Pablo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	International Migration F220 Remittances F240 Analysis of Education I210 Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition J820 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5657

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spelling	okr-10986-56572021-04-23T14:02:23Z School Attendance, Child Labour, and Remittances from International Migration in El Salvador Acosta, Pablo International Migration F220 Remittances F240 Analysis of Education I210 Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition J820 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 International migrant remittances can increase household budget and reduce liquidity constraint problems, generating consumption and investment opportunities for recipient households. In particular, remittances can enable investing in children's human capital and reduce child labour, key outcomes from the perspective of growth in a developing country. Using data for El Salvador, this article shows: a) a null or insignificant overall impact of remittances on schooling; b) a strong reduction of child wage labour in remittance-recipient households; and c) an increase in unpaid family work activities for children in those households. Moreover, the evidence shows important differences by gender and age of the child in consideration. While girls seem to indeed increase school attendance upon remittance receipts by reducing labour activities, boys do not benefit on average from higher schooling but some time substitution takes place favouring family work activities over paid jobs. And among secondary school-aged children, the impact of remittance may even be negative for educational prospects. These results suggest the presence of differences in the allocation of resources within the household. 2012-03-30T07:33:54Z 2012-03-30T07:33:54Z 2011 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 00220388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5657 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article El Salvador
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description	International migrant remittances can increase household budget and reduce liquidity constraint problems, generating consumption and investment opportunities for recipient households. In particular, remittances can enable investing in children's human capital and reduce child labour, key outcomes from the perspective of growth in a developing country. Using data for El Salvador, this article shows: a) a null or insignificant overall impact of remittances on schooling; b) a strong reduction of child wage labour in remittance-recipient households; and c) an increase in unpaid family work activities for children in those households. Moreover, the evidence shows important differences by gender and age of the child in consideration. While girls seem to indeed increase school attendance upon remittance receipts by reducing labour activities, boys do not benefit on average from higher schooling but some time substitution takes place favouring family work activities over paid jobs. And among secondary school-aged children, the impact of remittance may even be negative for educational prospects. These results suggest the presence of differences in the allocation of resources within the household.
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author	Acosta, Pablo
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title	School Attendance, Child Labour, and Remittances from International Migration in El Salvador
title_short	School Attendance, Child Labour, and Remittances from International Migration in El Salvador
title_full	School Attendance, Child Labour, and Remittances from International Migration in El Salvador
title_fullStr	School Attendance, Child Labour, and Remittances from International Migration in El Salvador
title_full_unstemmed	School Attendance, Child Labour, and Remittances from International Migration in El Salvador
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School Attendance, Child Labour, and Remittances from International Migration in El Salvador

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