Channeling Remittances to Education: A Field Experiment among Migrants from El Salvador

被引：36

作者：

Ambler, Kate ^{[1
]}

Aycinena, Diego ^{[2
]}

Yang, Dean ^{[3
,4
,5
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Int Food Policy Res Inst, Markets Trade & Inst Div, Washington, DC 20006 USA

[2] Univ Francisco Marroquin, Fac Ciencias Econ, Guatemala City 01010, Guatemala

[3] Univ Michigan, Dept Econ, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

[4] Univ Michigan, Gerald R Ford Sch Publ Policy, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

[5] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[6] BREAD, Washington, DC USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS | 2015年 / 7卷 / 02期

关键词：

PROGRESA; IMPACT; CASH; SUBSIDIES;

D O I：

10.1257/app.20140010

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：207 / 232

页数：26

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