Can Migration Reduce Educational Attainment? Evidence from Mexico. Policy Research Working Paper Series. WPS3952

Autor/inn/en	McKenzie, David; Rapoport, Hillel
Institution	World Bank, Washington, DC.
Titel	Can Migration Reduce Educational Attainment? Evidence from Mexico. Policy Research Working Paper Series. WPS3952
Quelle	(2006), (42 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Attainment; Attendance; Foreign Countries; Migration; Mexicans; Policy Analysis; Rural Areas; Migrant Children; Dropout Research; Adolescents; Social Networks; Position Papers; National Surveys; Educational Assessment; High School Students; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Anwesenheit; Ausland; Mexikaner; Politikfeldanalyse; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Positionspapier; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mexiko
Abstract	This paper examines the impact of migration on educational attainment in rural Mexico. Using historical migration rates by state to instrument for current migration, we find evidence of a significant negative effect of migration on schooling attendance and attainment of 12 to 18 year-old boys and 16 to 18 year-old girls. IV-Censored Ordered Probit results show that living in a migrant household lowers the chances of boys completing junior high school and of boys and girls completing high school. The negative effect of migration on schooling is somewhat mitigated for younger girls with low educated mothers, which is consistent with remittances relaxing credit constraints on education investment for the very poor. However, for the majority of rural Mexican children, family migration depresses educational attainment. Comparison of the marginal effects of migration on school attendance and on participation in other activities shows that the observed decrease in schooling of 16 to 18 year-olds is accounted for by the current migration of boys and increased housework for girls. (Contains 6 figures, 11 tables, and 16 footnotes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10