Can migration reduce educational attainment? : evidence from Mexico /

The authors examine the impact of migration on educational attainment in rural Mexico. Using historical migration rates by state to instrument for current migration, they find evidence of a significant negative effect of migration on schooling attendance and attainment of 12 to 18 year-old boys and...

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Main Author: McKenzie, David J
Corporate Author: World Bank Development Research Group. Growth and Investment Team
Other Authors: Rapoport, Hillel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, Development Research Group, Growth and Investment Team, 2006
Series:Policy research working papers ; 3952
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Call Number: HG3879.P6 no.3952