Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80640 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7466
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The unprecedented large scale rural-to-urban migration in China has left many rural children living apart from their parents. In this study, we examine the impact of parental migration on the nutritional status of young children in rural areas. We use the interaction terms between wage growth in provincial capital cities and initial village migrant networks as instrumental variables to account for migration selection. Our results show that parental migration has no significant impact on the height of children, but it improves their weight. We provide suggestive evidence that the improvement in weight may be achieved through increased access to tap water in migrant households. Concerns about the sustainability of the impact on weight are raised in the conclusions.
Subjects: 
migration
children
nutrition
rural China
JEL: 
I1
J6
O1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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