Channeling remittances to education: A field experiment among migrants from El Salvador

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-232

  Ambler, Kate ^a   Aycinena, Diego ^b   Yang, Dean ^c,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Universidad Francisco Marroquin   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84922500507     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.20140010     Document Type: Article

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