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Social violence and the impacts on education in migrant households

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article discusses the relationship between migration and education in the context of social violence. Migration stimulates development and alleviates poverty by providing money for household human capital investments in the migrant’s home country; however, in the context of social violence, the positive effects of migration may be offset or disappear entirely. Using unique data from Santiago de Cali, with one of the highest homicide rates worldwide, we find that living in a migrant household increases the probability of reaching non-compulsory levels of education and completing high school. However, exposure to social violence can mitigate the positive impact of migration on education for children in unsafe and violent neighborhoods.

Source: Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

DOI: 10.32728/er-ei.38.1.3

Authors: Andres Cuadros-Meñaca, Jhon James Mora Rodriguez

Institutions: University of Northern Iowa, Icesi University

Language: English

Topic: Migration and Labor Dynamics

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities, Quality education, No poverty

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4411279382

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Cites: 27

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