Chen, Joyce J. - In: Journal of Development Economics 100 (2013) 1, pp. 1-18
find that, when the father migrates without his family, children spend more time in household production, while mothers … household labor for both children and mothers and, if migration occurs in response to a negative shock, we should observe an … by an increase in mothers' bargaining power, as children's human capital is not affected by migration, controlling for …