HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND CHILDREN TIME ALLOCATION IN RURAL MOROCCO

Jamal Bouoiyour () and Amal Miftah

Journal of Economic Development, 2014, vol. 39, issue 2, 75-95

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of remittances on child labor and education in recipient Moroccan households. Based on propensity-score matching methods, we find a positive effect of remittances on the investment in education. Furthermore, living in migrant households who combine school with work is clearly lower compared to the number of children from households of the control group. Our results show the positive effect of remittances on the schooling of the poor children. It also seems that the partial participation of poor children in work declines significantly through migrant remittances.

Keywords: Children Time Allocation; Propensity-Score Matching; Remittances; Morocco (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F24 J22 O15 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Working Paper: Household Welfare, International Migration and Children Time Allocation in Rural Morocco (2014)
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