Migration Enclaves, Schooling Choices and Social Mobility

Mario Piacentini

No 265, Development Working Papers from Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano

Abstract: This paper investigates the presence of a network externality which might explain the persistence of low schooling achievements among internal migrants. We test empirically whether young migrants schooling decisions are affected by the presence of covillagers at destination, using data on life-time histories of migration and education choices from a rural region of Thailand. Different modelling approaches are used to account for the self-selection of young migrants, for potential endogeneity of the network size, and for unobserved heterogeneity in individual preferences. The size of the migrant network is found to negatively affect the propensity of young migrants to pursue schooling while in the city. This finding suggests that policies seeking to minimise stratification in enclaves might have a socially multiplied impact on schooling participation, and, ultimately, affect the socio-economic mobility of the rural born.

Keywords: education; networks; migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 L14 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 2008-10-27
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