Household composition is traditionally regarded as exogenous in economic analyses. The migration literature typically … assumes that the migration of a household member is not associated with further variations in co-residence choices. We rely on … migration episode and additional changes in household composition. Migrant households have a 34.5 percent higher probability of …

When a husband migrates, his wife may control more household resources and therefore change how the household spends …

This paper analysed the effect of gender differences of household head amongst 10 villages on the remittance … provided that the remittance determinants (migrant age, marital status and number of visit; household head age, marital status … of visit by the migrant, marital status of the migrant, age and education of household head) vary from male to female …

This paper analysed the effect of gender differences of household head amongst 10 villages on the remittance … provided that the remittance determinants (migrant age, marital status and number of visit; household head age, marital status … of visit by the migrant, marital status of the migrant, age and education of household head) vary from male to female …

-in-differences style identification strategy and a model with household fixed effects. The results suggest that while a migrant household … greater authority for the head of household. …

various channels. Men’s migration may lead to women taking over household decisions regarding education expenditures … remittances has been further separated from the effect of migration. The paper uses longitudinal data from rural households in … both types of migration. Households that receive remittances have higher expenditures on children’s education. A noteworthy …

-in-differences style identification strategy and a model with household fixed effects. The results suggest that while a migrant household … greater authority for the head of household …