Channeling remittances to education: A field experiment among migrants from El Salvador
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 lowe...
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| author | Ambler, Kate Aycinena, Diego Yang, Dean |
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| description | 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) |
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| spelling | CGSpace1511972024-11-15T08:52:25Z Channeling remittances to education: A field experiment among migrants from El Salvador Ambler, Kate Aycinena, Diego Yang, Dean remittances agriculture migrants 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) 2015-05-29 2024-08-01T02:55:54Z 2024-08-01T02:55:54Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151197 en https://doi.org/10.3386/w20262 Limited Access American Economic Association Ambler, Kate; Aycinena, Diego; and Yang, Dean. 2015. Channeling remittances to education: A field experiment among migrants from El Salvador. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 7(2): 207 -232. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20140010 |
| spellingShingle | remittances agriculture migrants Ambler, Kate Aycinena, Diego Yang, Dean Channeling remittances to education: A field experiment among migrants from El Salvador |
| title | Channeling remittances to education: A field experiment among migrants from El Salvador |
| title_full | Channeling remittances to education: A field experiment among migrants from El Salvador |
| title_fullStr | Channeling remittances to education: A field experiment among migrants from El Salvador |
| title_full_unstemmed | Channeling remittances to education: A field experiment among migrants from El Salvador |
| title_short | Channeling remittances to education: A field experiment among migrants from El Salvador |
| title_sort | channeling remittances to education a field experiment among migrants from el salvador |
| topic | remittances agriculture migrants |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151197 |
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