This paper considers the relationship between adult child international migration and the health outcomes of elderly parents left behind in Mexico. Overall, the evidence suggests that having a migrant child is associated with a higher probability that the elderly parent in Mexico will be in poor...

This article focuses on an insufficiently studied topic in the literature – elderly migration and associated economic effects and changes of population structure. Studied are the reasons and factors for the positive migration balance of population aged 50+ in Bulgaria, as well as the different...

Population aging will continue in the future, in both developed and developing countries. This may lead to lower migration, since the desire to migrate declines later in the life cycle. In addition, indirect labor demand effects may also reduce migration. However, migration of the elderly,...

This paper considers whether the health of elderly parents is adversely affected by the international migration of their children. Estimation of a causal effect is complicated by the fact that children may migrate in response to a parent's health status and there may be other unobserved factors...

The elderly overwhelmingly desire to age in place (not live in a nursing home), and the workforce supporting aging in place has a relatively high share of low-skill immigrants. This paper examines the impact of low-skill immigration on elderly living arrangements using individual-level data from...