Can Migration Reduce Educational Attainment? Evidence from Mexico

Can Migration Reduce Educational Attainment? Evidence from Mexico

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...

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Main Authors: McKenzie, David, Rapoport, Hillel
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ABILITY OF CHILDREN
ADULTS
AGRICULTURAL LABOR
BASIC EDUCATION
BINDING
BRAIN DRAIN
CITIES
COMPULSORY SCHOOLING
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATED MOTHERS
EDUCATION DATA
EDUCATION DECISIONS
EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN
EDUCATION INVESTMENT
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
ENROLLMENT
EUROPEAN SOCIETY
FAMILIES
FARM WORK
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GENDER
GIRLS
GRADE REPETITION
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOUSEHOLDS
IMMIGRANTS
JUNIOR SECONDARY
JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
LAND OWNERSHIP
LET
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
MATERNAL EDUCATION
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
OLDER CHILDREN
PAPERS
PARENTAL INPUTS
PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN
POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
RETURN TO EDUCATION
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL FACILITIES
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6875033/can-migration-reduce-educational-attainment-evidence-mexico
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8401

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6875033/can-migration-reduce-educational-attainment-evidence-mexico
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8401

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