International migration, remittances, and the human capital formation of Egyptian children

Onur Koska, Perihan Saygin, Selim Çağatay and Andrés Artal-Tur

International Review of Economics & Finance, 2013, vol. 28, issue C, 38-50

Abstract: We study the roles that migration and remittances play in the human capital formation of children in Egypt. Our estimations reveal a significant association between remittances and human capital formation: the higher the probability of receipt of remittances, the higher the probability of school enrollment, and the older the age at which children enter the labor force. Although, with regard to the likelihood of school enrollment and the age of the first participation in the labor force, the family disruption effect of migration dominates the income effect of remittances, the likelihood of labor force participation decreases even in households from which both parents migrated.

Keywords: Migration; Remittances; Human capital formation; Child labor; Egypt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F24 I21 J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2013.05.006

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