Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58799 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6374
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper addresses the effects of migration on families left behind and offers new evidence on the impact of migration on elderly parents. After discussing the identification issues involved in estimation, I review the literature on the effects of migration on the education and health of non-migrant children as well as the labor supply of non-migrant spouses. Finally, I address the impact of adult child migration on contributions toward non-migrant parents as well as the effects on parental health. Results show that elderly parents receive lower time contributions from all of their children when one child migrates.
Subjects: 
migration
left behind
elderly
children
JEL: 
O15
D13
J13
J14
F22
I15
I25
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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