norms from migrants to their country of origin: a one percent decrease in the fertility norm to which migrants are exposed …

the economic prospects of overseas migrants affect origin-household investments-in particular, in child human capital and … lead to greater entry into relatively capital-intensive enterprises by migrants' origin households. "--World Bank web site …

? The answer to this question has important implications for public policy. If shocks reduce investments in children, they …

to the United States in order to correct for the possible endogeneity of migrant status. They find that children in … for children in migrant households. These results provide a broader and more nuanced view of the health consequences of …

from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Censuses, this study finds that the performance of migrants from countries with lower … initial occupational placement levels improves at a higher rate compared with that of migrants originating from countries with …

children maintain investments in the post-disaster period. Biological human capital formed in early childhood (long …, although disasters have negative impacts on investment. In Bangladesh, children with more biological human capital are less … droughts in some cases reduces schooling investment but the negative impacts are larger among children embodying less …

will have lower returns if children do not have adequate levels of cognitive and social skills at an early age. This paper …-school age children, who are also more likely to be delayed. The program increased intake of nutrient-rich foods, early …