Accounting for Remittance and Migration Effects on Children's Schooling

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1747-1759

  Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina ^a   Pozo, Susan ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominican Republic; Latin America; Migration; Remittances; School attendance

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 77958453196     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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