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

Published:2015-04-01 Issue:2 Volume:7 Page:207-232
ISSN:1945-7782
Container-title:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
language:en
Short-container-title:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Author:

Ambler Kate¹,Aycinena Diego²,Yang Dean³

Affiliation:

1. Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2033 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20006 (e-mail: )

2. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, 6 Calle final, zona 10 Guatemala, Guatemala 01010 (e-mail: )

3. Department of Economics and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, 735 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) (e-mail: )

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. (JEL F24, I21, I22, J13, O15, O19)

Publisher

American Economic Association

Subject

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Link

https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/app.20140010

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