We estimate the causal impact of remittances on child labor and school participation in Colombia using data from its main metropolitan areas. We develop an instrumental variable strategy that leverages the unemployment shocks induced by the 2008 financial crisis in Colombian migrants’ main destination countries. We find that remittances reduce child labor but not schooling. Relative to their mean participation shares, these impacts are larger for younger children and girls. However, the reduction in child labor among girls is associated with a large increase in participation in household work. Finally, we also find that even though remittances reduce the labor supply of female adults, their percent-change impact on adults is smaller than that on children.

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汇款、童工和学校教育：来自哥伦比亚的证据

我们使用哥伦比亚主要大都市区的数据估算了汇款对哥伦比亚童工和学校参与度的因果影响。我们开发了一种工具变量策略，以利用 2008 年金融危机在哥伦比亚移民的主要目的地国家引发的失业冲击。我们发现汇款减少了童工，但不会减少上学。相对于他们的平均参与份额，这些影响对年幼的儿童和女孩更大。然而，女童童工的减少与家务劳动参与率的大幅增加有关。最后，我们还发现，尽管汇款减少了女性成年人的劳动力供给，但其百分比变化对成年人的影响小于对儿童的影响。