Migration, Money, and Education: The Impact of Migration and Remittance on Children’s Schooling in Senegal

Type Thesis or Dissertation - Master Thesis
Title Migration, Money, and Education: The Impact of Migration and Remittance on Children’s Schooling in Senegal
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2012
URL http://master.sciences-po.fr/sites/default/files/Niken_Kusumawardhani_memoire.pdf
Abstract
This study examines the impact of migration and remittance on children‘s schooling in Senegal. Using data from Senegal Migration and Remittances Household Survey in 2009, I apply propensity score matching to correct for potential selection bias in assessing the impact of migration and remittance on children‘s schooling in Senegal. First, I find that migration doesn‘t significantly impact accumulated grades of schooling completed by children in migrant households. Second, remittances have a negative impact on children‘s schooling, and the impact of remittance is heterogeneous at different level of education and gender. The impact of remittance on children‘s accumulated schooling becomes more severe as children enter productive working age of 13-19. This study provides empirical evidence on the impact of migration and remittance to children‘s schooling in Senegal.

Related studies

»