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  • 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.

Área temática

  • Educación de calidad
  • Reducción de las desigualdades

autores

  • http://research-hub.urosario.edu.co/ontology/vlocal#ExcludedPerson
    Dean Yang
  • http://research-hub.urosario.edu.co/ontology/vlocal#ExcludedPerson
    Diego Aycinena
  • http://research-hub.urosario.edu.co/ontology/vlocal#ExcludedPerson
    Kate Ambler

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  • American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Revistas

fecha de publicación

  • 2015

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  • https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20140010

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