Educational outcomes of children are highly dependent on household and school-level inputs. In poor countries … migrant parents can affect families' time allocation towards education. Previous work on education inputs often implicitly … informal payments to public school teachers. This fact is at odds with a positive income effect due to migration. We argue that …

countries face. Elderly people who are left behind may experience a decrease in welfare when their children migrate. This paper …-reported health. No effects are found on depression and cognitive capacity. We trace these positive outcomes to an income effect which …

significantly higher incomes. This income gain can be explained by faster transitions out of low-paid agricultural work. Differences … displacement considerably weakens the intergenerational transmission of human capital between fathers and children, especially at …