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dc.contributor.authorMacours, Karenen
dc.contributor.authorVakis, Renosen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15-
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-26T07:40:54Z-
dc.date.available2011-04-26T07:40:54Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-9230-096-8en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/45104-
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides unique evidence of the positive consequences of seasonal migration for investments in early childhood development. We analyse migration in a poor shockprone border region in rural Nicaragua where it offers one of the main household income diversification and risk coping strategies. IV estimates show, somewhat surprisingly, that mother's migration has a positive effect on early cognitive development. We attribute these findings to changes in income and to the intrahousehold empowerment gains resulting from mother's migration, which offset potential negative ECD effects from temporary lack of parenting. This paper, hence, illustrates how increased opportunities in seasonal migration due to higher South-South mobility might positively affect early childhood development and as such long term poverty reduction.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Research Paper |x2008/48en
dc.subject.jelO15en
dc.subject.jelJ61en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordNicaraguaen
dc.subject.keywordmigrationen
dc.subject.keywordincomeen
dc.subject.keywordhouseholdsen
dc.subject.stwSaisonarbeitskräfteen
dc.subject.stwRegionale Arbeitsmobilitäten
dc.subject.stwKinderbetreuungen
dc.subject.stwNicaraguaen
dc.titleSeasonal migration and early childhood development-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn571436463en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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