TY - JOUR
T1 - Channeling remittances to education
T2 - A field experiment among migrants from El Salvador
AU - Ambler, Kate
AU - Aycinena, Diego
AU - Yang, Dean
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1257/app.20140010
DO - 10.1257/app.20140010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922500507
SN - 1945-7782
VL - 7
SP - 207
EP - 232
JO - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
JF - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
IS - 2
ER -
