Feeding two with the same spoon: Remittances and youth educational attainment—Evidence from Germany

Oussama Ben Atta
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Oussama Ben Atta: Université Paris-Saclay, Université d'Évry, CEPS-EPEE

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Abstract: A lack of educational attainment is often blamed for hindering immigrant families' economic progression. In this presentation, I explore whether ties with origin countries, in terms of remittances, matter for the educational attainment of immigrant children. I focus on immigrant families living in Germany from 1984 to 2016, building on an individual-level panel dataset, the German Socio-Economic-Panel (GSOEP). I rely on two supporting identification strategies that exploit within-family variation and origin-country factors to identify the causal effect of remittances on secondary track school choice. I find that migrant remittances have an adverse effect on schooling, particularly by increasing the probability that children attend lower secondary schooling level. This suggests that remittances made during critical childhood ages are decisive in the children's subsequent educational attainment. The results prompt additional considerations about the effects of remittances.

Date: 2023-08-11
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