We study the relationship between migration and children's education in Tajikistan – one of the poorest and most … negative effect. Migration of non-parent family members (such as siblings) is particularly detrimental to school attendance …

This paper provides an overview of the characteristics of migrant households and analyses the effects of migration in … that remittances and migration act as a shock-coping mechanism, especially in the presence of natural shocks. Remittance …

. Migration and remittances may thus be contributing to informal employment in migration-sending countries. …

The relationship between climatic shocks, natural disasters, and migration has received increasing attention in recent … migration. An alternative view suggests that climate change may only have marginal effects on migration. Knowing whether climate … change and natural disasters lead to more migration is crucial to better understand the different channels of transmission …

, only the out-migration of family members is positively associated with life evaluations, while remittances have no … are not offset by remittances. The out-migration of family members appears more traumatic in contexts where migration is …

This paper investigates the relationship between international migration, remittances and human capital investment in … Kenya. We use household level data from the 2009 Kenya Migration Household Survey (produced by the Africa Migration Project …

theoretical arguments regarding the role of migration networks and/or the dynamics of wealth transmission between successive …

to acquire skills by home residents. This paper takes a further look at the link between skilled migration, education …, and remittances. It finds little support for the revisionist approach. First, a higher skilled content of migration is … composition of migration has a positive effect on the educational achievements in the home country. …

How is migration related to informal activities? They may be complementary since new migrants may have difficulty … finding employment in formal work, so many of them end up informally employed. Alternatively, migration and informality may be … substitutes since migrants' incomes in their new locations and income earned in the home informal economy (without migration) are …