affects her children's health, but is also intrinsically linked to her spouse's labor market status and earnings. Paternal … negative effects on their children are compounded. Additionally, the consequences of poor parental health are enduring. Longer …

the children brought with them depends on the quality of the destination that their parents selected. Exploiting variation … migrants in Indonesia. Using Population Census microdata from 2000 and 2010, I show that children who spend more time growing … permanent residents at an average rate of 1.7 to 2.2 percent annually, with children from less educated households benefiting …

Household expenditures for children-related goods may change when one of the parent migrates and do so differently … migration is accounted for using a set of instrumental variables derived from the model. Results show that when children are … of budget devoted to children remains unaffected because mothers compensate by giving up their own private consumption …

This paper analyzes the effects of parental migration on children left behind in order to understand whether and how … the effects of migration on children depend on which of their parents migrates. I describe the migration of one of the … mechanism generates no difference in the share of total household income devoted to investment on children no matter which of …

Household expenditures for children-related goods may change when one of the parent migrates and do so differently … migration is accounted for using a set of instrumental variables derived from the model. Results show that when children are … of budget devoted to children remains unaffected because mothers compensate by giving up their own private consumption …