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Title: Education and Migration Choices in Hierarchical Societies: The Case of Matam, Senegal

Author(s): Emmanuelle Auriol and Jean-Luc Demonsant

Publication Date: April 2011

Keyword(s): Haalpulaar Senegal, Migration, Schooling and Social Status

Programme Area(s): Development Economics

Abstract: The paper aims at studying determinants of schooling in traditional hierarchical societies confronted with an established history of outmigration. In the village, a ruling caste controls local political and religious institutions. For children who do not belong to the ruling caste, migration is a social mobility factor that is enhanced by formal schooling. Since formally educated children tend not to return, the ruling caste seeks to develop family loyalty by choosing religious education instead. The theory hence predicts that the social status of the family has a significant impact on educational choice. Children from the ruling caste who are sent abroad have a lower probability of being sent to formal school. They are more likely to be sent to Koranic schools that emphasize religious and family values. The theoretical predictions are tested on data from Matam region in Senegal, a region where roughly one of every two children have ever attended school.

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Auriol, E and Demonsant, J. 2011. 'Education and Migration Choices in Hierarchical Societies: The Case of Matam, Senegal'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=8311