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