Education improves the chances of labour migration, and labour migration also influences the education decisions of those who are left behind. There is evidence of the education selectivity of migration. International migration opportunities are found to be a decisive factor for investing in human-capital-inducing activities, although educated migrants do not always land into jobs they are trained for. Income elasticity of education expenditures is found to be higher among households with migrants compared to those without migrants. Studies on the impact at the household level are unanimous in pointing to the positive impacts of remittances on education expenditures