NDLI: In Mexico, Mother's Education and Remittances Matter in School Outcomes

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In Mexico, Mother's Education and Remittances Matter in School Outcomes

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Sawyer, Adam
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Yet much remains to be learned about the extent and complexities of the changes migration to the United States has caused. Remittances provide a useful independent variable as they are one of the most concrete and tangible results of migration. Also, remittances are hypothesized — based on both direct and indirect evidence — to boost educational opportunity within migrantsending communities. This article, by examining how remittances affect schooling outcomes in one migrant-sending community in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, contributes to existing knowledge of how migration is related to development in Mexico. Remittances alone do not appear to influence a child's educational aspirations and attainment, but the effect of remittances is related to the mother's education. Specifically, receiving remittances is associated with increased schooling aspirations for youth whose mothers have below-average levels of education. Remittances also provide an apparent boost in improving the chances of high school completion for youth whose mothers have above-average levels of education. In other words, having remittances to pay for schooling expenses can help, but only in conjunction with other scholastically important aspects of a youth's background. Thus, money alone does not improve schooling outcomes in the educationally marginalized, migrant-sending regions of southern Mexico. Remittances and Educational Opportunity in Mexico
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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