Thailand in 2003, this paper investigates whether household composition has any effect on the welfare of children, as measured …In many developing countries the composition of rural households is influenced by the migration of adult household … members to urban locations in search of employment. Children may be left in the care of their mother alone, or in the care of …

Thailand in 2003, this paper investigates whether household composition has any effect on the welfare of children, as measured …In many developing countries, the composition of rural households is influenced by the migration of adult household … members to urban locations in search of employment. Children may be left in the care of their mother alone, or in the care of …

and public spheres of work in post-reform rural, minority-concentrated China. We focus on the role that children play in … local economic conditions. Children generally decrease women's willingness to work away from/outside the home and increase … men's willingness to do so. When we focus specifically on the effects of pre-school children, our results suggest it is …

and public spheres of work in post-reform rural, minority-concentrated China. We focus on the role that children play in … local economic conditions. Children generally decrease women's willingness to work away from/outside the home and increase … men's willingness to do so. When we focus specifically on the effects of pre-school children, our results suggest it is …

, Indonesia, before and after the tsunami. Children, older adults and females were the least likely to survive. Whereas socio …, parents and children, while women helped their children. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/311.pdf]. …

In this paper, we examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of rural households in … China. We find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and … per capita both increase with out-migration, and increase more for poorer households. We also establish a causal …

of migration. Information on migration flows from both family migrant networks and community migrant networks. Direct … reducing the costs of migration. Using data from a national survey of rural Mexican households, we show the importance of … networks in both the decision to migrate and the level of migration. We find that community and family networks are substitutes …