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The long run health consequences of rural‐urban migration

Johnson, Janna E.; Taylor, Evan J. - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 10 (2019) 2, pp. 565-606

Rural-urban migration is an integral part of the structural transformation as societies move from a traditional agricultural economy to a modern economy. This process has many potential consequences for migrants. Our study focuses on the lifetime health effects of the large mid-20th century...

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Inter Vivos Health Transfers : Final Days of Japanese Elderly Parents

Maruyama, Shiko - 2012

The empirical evidence of the effect of intergenerational coresidence by elderly parents and their adult children on …, with coresidence burdens on children creating disincentives for parents to invest in their health. Studying Japanese data … on the treated; and (iii) that parents with high care needs and limited resources, typically widowed mothers, are in …

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Migration and Health Outcomes of Left-Behind Elderly in Rural China

Tse, Chun-Wing - 2014

migration of adult children. Parents of migrant children also have poor memory and they are more likely to suffer serious fall …

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The impact of rural-urban migration on the health of the left-behind parents

Ao, Xiang; Jiang, Dawei; Zhao, Zhong - 2015

parents left behind in the rural area. The impact of migration of the adult children on the health of their left …-behind parents is ambiguous. On the one hand, the additional income from the children's jobs can allow their parents to afford better … care of their parents. This paper uses the Rural Urban Migration in China data to empirically investigate the effect of …

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Parental Unemployment and Child Health in China

Pieters, Janneke - 2016

This paper studies the causal effect of maternal and paternal unemployment on child health in China, analyzing panel data for the period 1997-2004, when the country underwent economic reforms leading to massive layoffs. We find that paternal unemployment reduces child health, while maternal...

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The Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on the Health of the Left-Behind Parents

Ao, Xiang - 2015

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Parental and migration decisions and child health outcomes : evidence from China

Lin, Carl; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen - In: Health and labor markets, (pp. 281-310). 2019

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The impact of rural-urban migration on the health of the left-behind parents

Ao, Xiang; Jiang, Dawei; Zhao, Zhong - In: China economic review : an international journal 37 (2016), pp. 126-139

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Adult child migration and elderly parental health in rural China

Chang, Fang; Shi, Yaojiang; Yi, Hongmei; Johnson, Natalie - In: China agricultural economic review : publ. in … 8 (2016) 4, pp. 677-697

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Elder Parent Health and the Migration Decision of Adult Children : Evidence from Rural China

Giles, John - 2006

Recent research has shown that participation in migrant labor markets has led to substantial increases in income for families in rural China. This paper asks how participation is affected by elder parent health. We find that younger adults are less likely to work as migrants when a parent is...

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