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human capital outcomes. To our knowledge, this paper is one of only several papers, especially in the context of a …-level propensity to migrate, calculated from the Indonesian intercensal survey, as an instrument. We find that childhood migration to … childhood migrants face a lower probability to be underweight by about 15 percentage points as adults. However, we find no …
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We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities of college education. Women outnumbered men in young rural-urban migrants in the early 2000s, but the surplus of young women has recently disappeared. We propose that the...
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This paper investigates how unauthorized immigrants' illegal status affects their children's scholastic achievement in the U.S. The answer to this question calls attention to the intergenerational consequence of the U.S. immigration legislation. In order to estimate the intergenerational effect...
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the variation in the outcomes of the children of migrants and the children of the migrants' siblings who stayed behind … and schooling are strongest for children who were exposed to the city environment during their early childhood. In …
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This paper identifies the effect of neighborhood peer groups on childhood skill acquisition using observational data …
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in the age of migration, I analyze the impact of destination quality on the educational outcomes of childhood internal … probabilities of completing primary and secondary schooling. Moreover, educational outcomes of migrants converge with those of … more from additional exposure. My findings suggest substantial heterogeneity of returns to childhood migration with respect …
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the effect of parental migration on children's educational outcomes and cognitive achievements, this study focuses on how …
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A significant proportion of migrant children in China are not able to attend public schools for lack of local household registration (HuKou), and turn to privately-operated migrant schools. This paper examines the consequences of such a partially involuntary school choice, using survey data and...
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A significant proportion of migrant children in China are not able to attend public schools for lack of local household registration (HuKou), and turn to privately-operated migrant schools. This paper examines the consequences of such a partially involuntary school choice, using survey data and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621763
In many Sub-Saharan African countries, a large number of people migrate internally or abroad because of demographic, economic and political factors. This pronounced mobility is likely to have consequences for child education, which is still a matter of concern in the region. We study this issue...
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