Remittances and Educational Outcomes: A Regional Investigation for Moldova

This paper looks at the relationship between remittances and higher education in Moldovan regions. The objective is to test whether remittances are associated with an increase in the likelihood of attending higher education institutions by taking into account a possible disruptive effect of migratio...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Matano, Alessia, Ramos Lobo, Raúl
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/122970
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/122970
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Educació superior
Avaluació educativa
Migració interna
Higher education
Educational evaluation
Internal migration
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Summary:This paper looks at the relationship between remittances and higher education in Moldovan regions. The objective is to test whether remittances are associated with an increase in the likelihood of attending higher education institutions by taking into account a possible disruptive effect of migration and looking for regional differences in this relationship. Findings show that, on average, remittances are associated with a 5.4 percentage point increase in the likelihood that young individuals will pursue higher education. Nonetheless, this result is widely heterogeneous across regions.