Ugandan Migrant Remittances and Children’s Educational Attainment.

Many Ugandans live abroad and Uganda depends on money sent by people living abroad. Data from the survey on Migrant Remittances to Uganda, 2010 is used to empirically investigate the role of remittances on the educational attainment of Ugandan Children. The study examines children and household characteristics and assesses the probability of school enrollment. Years of schooling as well as literacy levels completed between children whose households report receiving remittances and those that do not are analyzed. Tentative results are suggestive that remittances play an important role for poor households in alleviating budget constraints. These support the view that budget challenges play an important role in household decisions on children’s education.