Internal vs. International Migration: Impacts of Remittances on Child Well-Being in Vietnam

Michele Binci () and Gianna Claudia Giannelli ()
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Michele Binci: University of Florence

No 6523, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper focuses on the effects of domestic and international remittances on children's well-being. Using data from the 1992/93 and 1997/98 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys, we investigate average school attendance and child labour in remittance recipient and non-recipient households. The results of our cross-section and panel analyses indicate that remittances increase schooling and reduce child labour. Although international remittances are found to have a stronger beneficial impact than domestic remittances in the cross-section analysis, the panel analysis reverses this result, showing that the only significant impact stems from domestic remittances.

Keywords: migration; remittances; schooling; child labour; panel data; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 I39 J13 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2012-04
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Published - published in: International Migration Review, 2018, 2018, 52 (1), 43–65

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