theoretically ambiguous. Using novel data I collected on migration experiences and timing, family background and school performance … school performance of their classmates. Migration is mostly temporary in nature, with one parent engaging in employment … qualifications and the remaining 4% graduated from university. Almost 18% of all children are affected by parental migration and, on …

How do high and low skilled migration affect fertility and human capital in migrants' origin countries? This question … capital of either type of migration remains ambiguous. Subsequently, the model is calibrated on a developing economy. It is …

This work focuses on a temporary guest-worker-type migration of individuals from the middle class of the wealth …

's migration behavior at the global level. Using the individual-level survey data from Gallup World Poll across 139 countries over … migration, although budgetary constraints may prevent youth from transforming their migration desires into actual plans in low … turned into more concrete plans. Finally, this study shows that while youth's and adults' migration propensities are often …

This paper addresses the effects of migration on families left behind and offers new evidence on the impact of … migration on elderly parents. After discussing the identification issues involved in estimation, I review the literature on the … effects of migration on the education and health of non-migrant children as well as the labor supply of non-migrant spouses …