 This paper analyses remittances (both international and domestic) in Ghana, and how they affect the likelihood of enrolment in both primary and secondary education.Asiedu and Gyimah-Brempong argue that the increase in remittances to less developed countries (LDCs) such as Ghana not only have a positive effect on the GDP (making up about 5.5% of Ghana’s GDP in 2011), but this in turn allows for households in Ghana to invest in human capital as it eases financial constraints.Additionally, this paper argues that this effect is more observable when the household is headed by a female, and that the increase in investment in human capital allows for long term poverty alleviation in Ghana.