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Economic Change and Restructuring
Published in: Economic Change and Restructuring 3/2023

02-03-2023

The necessity of social infrastructure for enhancing educational attainment: evidence from high remittance recipient LMICs

Authors: Hayot Berk Saydaliev, Lee Chin

Published in: Economic Change and Restructuring | Issue 3/2023

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Abstract

This study investigated the effect of remittance inflows on educational attainment with the interaction effect of social infrastructure. The system generalized method of moments (Sys-GMM) technique was applied to analyze data from 69 countries from 1995 to 2019 using a 5-year non-overlapping average. The findings revealed that: (1) remittances and income have a negative effect on educational attainment in low- and middle-income countries; (2) social infrastructure, government expenditures on education, and institutional quality have a positive effect on educational attainment; (3) remittances alone cannot generate educational attainment; however, when remittances work in tandem with better social infrastructure, it facilitates educational attainment; (4) remittances and social infrastructure have asymmetric effects on educational attainment; and (5) remittances contribute more to females than males in obtaining an education. Thus, the findings suggest that policymakers should formulate alternative social infrastructure development strategies to render higher returns from remittances.
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Previous studies have examined the effects of: infrastructure on educational attainment (Kusharjanto and Kim 2011); electricity consumption on human development (Leung and Meisen 2005); rural infrastructure investment on educational attainment (Ali and Pernia 2003; Duffy-Deno and Eberts, 1991; Ezcurra et al. 2005; Fan and Zhang, 2004); and access to road and sanitation on educational attainment (Estache and Fay 1995).
 
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Social Infrastructure Index = w1pc1 + w2pc2 + w3pc3 + w4pc4 + w5pc5 + w6pc6 + w7pc7 + w8pc8.
 
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Metadata
Title
The necessity of social infrastructure for enhancing educational attainment: evidence from high remittance recipient LMICs
Authors
Hayot Berk Saydaliev
Lee Chin
Publication date
02-03-2023
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Economic Change and Restructuring / Issue 3/2023
Print ISSN: 1573-9414
Electronic ISSN: 1574-0277
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10644-023-09491-y

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