Démurger, Sylvie; Xu, Hui - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2011
This paper examines how left-behind children influence return migration in China. We first present a simple model that incorporates economic and non-economic motives for migration duration (or intentions to return). Based on Dustmann (2003b), the parent is assumed to be altruistic and to care...