Remittances, schooling, and child labor in Mexico

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This paper studies the effects of remittances from the U.S. on child labor and school attendance in recipient Mexican households. We identify these effects using the impact of the 2008-2009 U.S. recession on remittance receipts. The methodology employed is a differences-in-differences strategy that compares households that were remittance recipients before the crisis with never-recipient households. To avoid possible selection problems, we instrument for membership in the remittance recipient group. We find that the negative shock on remittance receipts caused a significant increase in child labor and a significant reduction of school attendance.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Papers ; No. 2010-14

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Agricultural Labor Markets ; Labor Standards: Working Conditions ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
• Thema: Child labor ; International migration ; Remittances ; Mexico ; Rücküberweisungen ; Kinderarbeit ; Schulbesuch ; Mexiko ; USA

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Alcaraz, Carlo ; Chiquiar, Daniel ; Salcedo, Alejandrina
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Banco de México
• (wo): Ciudad de México
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/83764
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ