Can Migration Reduce Educational Attainment? Evidence from Mexico

McKenzie, David; Rapoport, Hillel

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-3952

collection.link.5	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9
collection.name.5	Policy Research Working Papers
dc.contributor.author	McKenzie, David
dc.contributor.author	Rapoport, Hillel
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-19T14:35:09Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-19T14:35:09Z
dc.date.issued	2006-06
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:02:41Z
dc.description.abstract	The 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.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6875033/can-migration-reduce-educational-attainment-evidence-mexico
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8401
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3952
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	ABILITY OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	ADULTS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL LABOR
dc.subject	BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	BINDING
dc.subject	BRAIN DRAIN
dc.subject	CITIES
dc.subject	COMPULSORY SCHOOLING
dc.subject	ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	EDUCATED MOTHERS
dc.subject	EDUCATION DATA
dc.subject	EDUCATION DECISIONS
dc.subject	EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN
dc.subject	EDUCATION INVESTMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATION OUTCOMES
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
dc.subject	ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	EUROPEAN SOCIETY
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FARM WORK
dc.subject	FREE TEXTBOOKS
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	GRADE REPETITION
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOL
dc.subject	HIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	IMMIGRANTS
dc.subject	JUNIOR SECONDARY
dc.subject	JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	LAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subject	LET
dc.subject	LEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	MATERNAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	MIGRANTS
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
dc.subject	OLDER CHILDREN
dc.subject	PAPERS
dc.subject	PARENTAL INPUTS
dc.subject	PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject	RETURN TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	RETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	SCHOOL AGE
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SCHOOL FACILITIES
dc.subject	SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.title	Can Migration Reduce Educational Attainment? Evidence from Mexico	en
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6875033/can-migration-reduce-educational-attainment-evidence-mexico
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Education
okr.globalpractice	Social Protection and Labor
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-3952
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000016406_20060622151515
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	6875033
okr.identifier.report	WPS3952
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2006/06/22/000016406_20060622151515/Rendered/PDF/wps3952.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country	Mexico
okr.topic	Education :: Primary Education
okr.topic	Culture and Development :: Anthropology
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor :: Child Labor
okr.topic	Education :: Education For All
okr.topic	Teaching and Learning
okr.unit	Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume	1 of 1

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