Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/3795
Title: The impact of migration and remittances on education of children left-behind: evidence from rural sector of sri lanka
Authors: Dharmadasa, R.A.P.I.S.
Herath, H.M.T.R.
Jayalath, J.I.U.
Rathnayake, K.K.H.M.
Keywords: Out-migration;Remittances;Children;Education;Regression
Issue Date: 2019
Publisher: Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Abstract: World literature supports the view that labor migration and remittances play a significant role in children’s education of families left-behind although such evidence from Sri Lanka is lacking. Therefore, by taking a nationally representative sample of rural sector households of Sri Lanka, this study investigates the impact of migration and remittances on school enrollment of children left-behind. The data for this study are coming from Department of Census and Statistics and they were analyzed using probit models. According to the results, the school enrolment of children left-behind increases with the presence of an internal or international migrant in the family. With respect to the remittance effect, the receipt of local remittances shows to have a significant influence in promoting the school enrolment of the children in rural sector.
URI: http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/3795
ISSN: 2448 – 9883
Appears in Collections:ICCM 2019



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