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dc.contributor.authorCalero, Carlaen
dc.contributor.authorBedi, Arjun S.en
dc.contributor.authorSparrow, Roberten
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-28-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:30:59Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:30:59Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34947-
dc.description.abstractOver the last decade Ecuador has experienced a strong increase in financial transfers from migrated workers, amounting to 6.4 percent of GDP and 31.5 percent of total exports of goods and services in 2005. This paper investigates how remittances via trans-national networks affect human capital investments through relaxing resource constraints and facilitate households in consumption smoothing by reducing vulnerability to economic shocks. In particular, we explore the effects of remittances on school enrolment and child work in Ecuador. Identification relies on instrumental variables, exploiting information on source countries of remittances and regional variation in the availability of bank offices that function as formal channels for sending remittances. Our results show that remittances increase school enrolment and decrease incidence of child work, especially for girls and in rural areas. Furthermore, we find that aggregate shocks are associated with increased work activities, while remittances are used to finance education when households are faced with these shocks. This suggests that liquidity constraints and vulnerability to covariate risk are especially relevant in rural areas, as it affects household's investments in human capital of school age children. In this context both child labour supply and transnational remittances serve as coping mechanisms.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3358en
dc.subject.jelI20en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordMigrationen
dc.subject.keywordremittancesen
dc.subject.keywordtrans-national networksen
dc.subject.keywordeducationen
dc.subject.keywordchild labouren
dc.subject.keywordEcuadoren
dc.subject.stwRücküberweisung (Migranten)en
dc.subject.stwBildungsinvestitionen
dc.subject.stwBildungsfinanzierungen
dc.subject.stwVerschuldungsrestriktionen
dc.subject.stwSchüleren
dc.subject.stwKinderarbeiten
dc.subject.stwEcuadoren
dc.titleRemittances, liquidity constraints and human capital investments in Ecuador-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn560201419en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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