Paper abstract:

According to the World Bank, about 1 million Georgian emigrants were living abroad in 2010 (24.9% of the population). Around 39% of Georgian children have at least one family member abroad, and 18.9% of children live in migrant households receiving remittances (Vanore, 2015). The empirical literature investigating the effects of migration on children’s education in Georgia is limited, and the findings show mixed results. In this paper, I explore the impacts of migration on children’s education beyond the inflow of money from remittances. I use probit model to test the hypothesis that the caregiver and gender differences in housework importantly shape the educational outcomes of children left behind. I specifically study Cebotari et al.’s (2016) findings, which show that fathers’ migration when mothers are caregivers corresponds to worsen education for children in Georgia, while no adverse effects on children’s school performance are found when mothers migrate, and fathers are caregivers.