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PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE ON INTERNAL MIGRATION, REMITTANCES, AND TEEN SCHOOLING IN INDIA
Author(s) -
MUELLER VALERIE,
SHARIFF ABUSALEH
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00211.x
Subject(s) - receipt , caste , human capital , internal migration , investment (military) , propensity score matching , economics , demographic economics , matching (statistics) , attendance , positive correlation , rural area , labour economics , developing country , economic growth , political science , medicine , statistics , mathematics , accounting , politics , law
We examine correlations between the receipt of remittances from internal migrants and human capital investment in rural areas of India. We employ a propensity score matching approach to account for the selectivity of households into receiving remittances. We find a positive correlation between remittances received from internal migrants and the schooling attendance of teens. The magnitude of the correlation is greater when focusing on low‐caste households, and male schooling attendance in particular becomes more positive and statistically significant. Our findings provide a basis for establishing future research in the areas of migration and social protection in India. ( JEL O15, J24, R23)