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Household remittance inflows and child education in Ghana: Exploring the gender and locational dimensions
( Abdallah Abdul-mumuni ) , ( Isaac Koomson )
한양대학교 경제연구소 2019
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 24권  2호 197-222(26pages)
UCI I410-ECN-0102-2021-300-000311423

This paper investigates the effect of household remittance inflows on child education in Ghana using data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey Six (GLSS 6). Employing an instrumental variable approach and including children at the nursery and kindergarten levels in our study, the following findings are established. First, remittance inflows generally reduce household liquidity constraints, translating into increased number of school hours for their children. Second, while remittance inflow improves child education in the urban areas, it reduces school hours for their counterparts in rural communities. Third, gains in school hours from remittance inflows are much greater for boys but do not make any or much of a difference in improving that of the girl-child. We call for financial system regulations that help to substantially reduce transaction costs on (or rigidities in) remittance inflows so that its influence on child education outcomes will be improved.

1 Introduction
2 Trends in household remittance inflows and children out of school in Ghana
3 Data and methodology
4 Results and discussion of results
5 Conclusion and policy recommendations
References
Appendix: First stage regression used for the IV model