Migration of any distance separates family members for long periods of time. In China, an institutional legacy … continues to privilege the migration of working-age individuals who often leave children and elders behind in the rural areas … living alone without any adult children in the village are most at risk of negative consequences of migration, while those …

paper studies the effect of short-term internal migration experience on the intergenerational persistence of industry upon a … between the migrant's savings, skill or any other productive asset accumulation during migration and the decision to work upon … that short-term migration by males reduces the probability of intergenerational persistence by 20% in rural India …

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 … instrumental variables to account for migration selection. Our results show that parental migration has no significant impact on …

that young farmers (age 16-44) are not affected in their migration decisions by land loss through requisition, while some …Land requisition has been an important process by which Chinese local governments promote urbanization and generate … revenue. This study investigates the impacts of land requisition on farmers' decisions of labor allocation between …

We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities … women has recently disappeared. We propose that the temporary nature of migration and an earlier return time relative to men … permanent migration, women stayed in school longer. Empirical evidence is consistent with this hypothesis. Marriage motives and …