This article investigates the long-term effects of parental migration abroad on the schooling of children left behind … in Albania. Although parents' migration usually benefits children economically, the lack of parental care may cause … –mainly by fathers – is very relevant in Albania where migration has represented the only viable way to cope with increasing …

Using a simultaneous equation system between migration, remittances and two schooling variables, this papers analyses … the effect the migration experience have on school attendance and years of schooling of youngsters between 11 and 19 years … Oportunidades may have on schooling, and the results suggest migration exposure at the home and the community level have negative …

schooling and child labour. Using the information gathered in the 1992/93 and 1997/98 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys (VLSS …

the ruling caste, migration is a strategy to increase social mobility, a process that is enhanced by formal schooling …This paper examines determinants of schooling in traditional hierarchical societies with an established history of …

children who do not belong to the ruling caste, migration is a social mobility factor that is enhanced by formal schooling …The paper aims at studying determinants of schooling in traditional hierarchical societies confronted with an …

children who do not belong to the ruling caste, migration is a social mobility factor that is enhanced by formal schooling …The paper aims at studying determinants of schooling in traditional hierarchical societies confronted with an …

matter of concern in the region. We study this issue for Uganda, investigating whether migration of household members affects …'s migration has a significant positive impact while adults' migration has a significant negative one on children's school … attendance rates, while remittances have no influence. These findings suggest that children's migration is indeed beneficial …

the impact of female-headship on children's schooling. Female householdheads in Matlab fall into two broad groups: widows … of female-headship. Results indicate that children residing in households headed by married women have stronger schooling …

Many studies suggest that years of formal schooling completed is the most important correlate of good health. There is … much less consensus as to whether this correlation reflects causality from more schooling to better health. The … more schooling does in fact cause better health outcomes. …