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 …

living arrangements of the household members left behind. The migration of a married Mexican man typically induces his spouse … and children to join the household of the wife's parents, a pattern that is at odds with the prevailing patrilocal norm … the analysis of the effects of paternal migration and remittances on the children left behind. First, it can give rise to …

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 …

This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The … different sets of weaker assumptions. Using Mexican panel data, I show that standard estimates ignoring the intra-household …

Using the Cox proportional hazards model this paper empirically investigates how migration of household members and the … receipt of remittances affect educational outcomes in Haiti. Based on a theoretical approach it tries to disentangle the … effects of both phenomena that have mostly been jointly modeled in previous literature. The results suggest that remittances …

and remittances have no effect. Having a grandmother as the head of household after parents (typically fathers) migrate … remittance-dependent economies in the world. Using data from a three-wave household panel survey conducted in 2007, 2009, and … girls (ages 7-11) improves when either parents or sibling migrate, as well as when the household starts receiving …

dollars from U.S. migrant remittances appear to enable families to further educate their daughters. Thus, policymakers should …