Migration, School Attainment, and Child Labor: Evidence from Rural Pakistan

By G. Mansuri. 2006

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Subfields: Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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Impact of remittances on household income, asset and human capital: evidence from Sri Lanka (2012, background): “Mansuri (2006) also found that remittance income helps children’s education, particularly for girls.”
The impact of parental migration on children’s school performance in rural China (2014, background): “For example, Mansuri(2006) makes the assertion that migration could have positive impacts on height-for-age Z score, whereas Nobles(2008) suggests a different story.”
Remittances, Liquidity Constraints and Human Capital Investments in Ecuador (2009, unknown): “Mansuri (2006) finds strong positive effects of temporary economic migration on investments in children’s schooling in Pakistan, especially for girls.”
Remittances, schooling, and child labor in Mexico (2012, background): “There is evidence from Pakistan, El Salvador, and other Latin American economies that suggests that migration tends to reduce the incidence of child labor and to promote school retention (e.g. Cox Edwards and Ureta, 2003; Acosta, 2006; Mansuri, 2006; Acosta, Fajnzylber and López, 2007).”
Migrants’ International Transfers and Educational Expenditure: Empirical Evidence from Albania (2010, background): “Mansuri (2006) analyses whether children in migrant families in Pakistan display higher school attainments, expressed in terms of school enrolment rates, school dropout rates and accumulated years of schooling.”
The impact of natural disasters on household income, expenditure, poverty and inequality: evidence from Vietnam (2014, methodology): “This confirms the finding of Minot et al. (2006), Imai and Gaiha (2007) and Thomas et al.”
Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development (2010, background): “Similarly, Yang (2006) and Mansuri (2006) find positive effects of remittances on schooling in the Philippines and Pakistan.1 Considering other investments in human capital, evidence of positive effects exists on health expenditures (Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo 2005), and in infant mortality and…”