Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
9-2015
Abstract
We study the impact of international remittances on schooling in the Philippines, taking into account the school-age individual's relationship to the household head. This consideration is important because employment opportunities abroad may be taken at the expense of the quality of child rearing. Our estimation results indicate that there are, indeed, significant negative guardian effects on school attendance and education expenditures when children with overseas parents are looked after by a relative other than a parent or grandparent. However, these negative effects tend to be outweighed by the positive impact of remittance flows from overseas.
Keywords
education, human capital, international migration, overseas Filipino workers
Discipline
Asian Studies | Behavioral Economics | Education | Macroeconomics
Research Areas
Macroeconomics
Publication
Asian Economic Journal
Volume
29
Issue
3
First Page
265
Last Page
284
ISSN
1351-3958
Identifier
10.1111/asej.12058
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
Tomoki FUJII.
Impact of International Remittances on Schooling in the Philippines: Does the Relationship to the Household Head Matter?. (2015). Asian Economic Journal. 29, (3), 265-284.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1869
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/asej.12058
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