Can Migration Reduce Educational Attainment? Evidence from Mexico

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dc.creatorRapoport, Hillel
dc.creatorMcKenzie, David
dc.date2012-06-19T14:35:09Z
dc.date2012-06-19T14:35:09Z
dc.date2006-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:23:09Z
dc.descriptionThe authors examine the impact of migration on educational attainment in rural Mexico. Using historical migration rates by state to instrument for current migration, they 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.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6875033/can-migration-reduce-educational-attainment-evidence-mexico
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8401
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3952
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417614
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3952
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectABILITY OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectADULTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LABOR
dc.subjectBASIC EDUCATION
dc.subjectBINDING
dc.subjectBRAIN DRAIN
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectCOMPULSORY SCHOOLING
dc.subjectECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectEDUCATED MOTHERS
dc.subjectEDUCATION DATA
dc.subjectEDUCATION DECISIONS
dc.subjectEDUCATION FOR CHILDREN
dc.subjectEDUCATION INVESTMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATION OUTCOMES
dc.subjectEDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectELEMENTARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectEUROPEAN SOCIETY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFARM WORK
dc.subjectFREE TEXTBOOKS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectGRADE REPETITION
dc.subjectHIGH SCHOOL
dc.subjectHIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectIMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectJUNIOR SECONDARY
dc.subjectJUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLET
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectMATERNAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectNUMBER OF SCHOOLS
dc.subjectOLDER CHILDREN
dc.subjectPAPERS
dc.subjectPARENTAL INPUTS
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectPOST-PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subjectRETURN TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectRETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSCHOOL AGE
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectSCHOOL FACILITIES
dc.subjectSCHOOL PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.titleCan Migration Reduce Educational Attainment? Evidence from Mexico

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