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Migration, school attainment, and child labor : evidence from rural Pakistan

Mansuri, Ghazala - 2006

proposals to open international labor markets to allow for the temporary economic migration of low-skilled workers from … from migrants to their communities of origin underscores this aspect of migration. However, migration can also transform … returns to investment in human capital. The author explores the relationship between temporary economic migration and …

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The impact of parental migration on children's school performance in rural China

Zhao, Qiran; Yu, Xiaohua; Wang, Xiaobing; Glauben, Thomas - In: China economic review : an international journal 31 (2014), pp. 43-54

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Sin city?

Gautier, Pieter; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - 2007

Is moving to the countryside a credible commitment device for couples? Weinvestigate whether lowering the arrival rate of potential alternative partners bymoving to a less populated area lowers the dissolution risk for a sample of Danishcouples. We find that of the couples who married in the...

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Migration and young child nutrition : evidence from rural China

Mu, Ren; De Brauw, Alan - In: Journal of population economics 28 (2015) 3, pp. 631-657

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Short-term migration and consumption expenditure of households in rural India

Chandrasekhar, S.; Das, Mousumi; Sharma, Ajay - In: Oxford development studies 43 (2015) 1, pp. 105-122

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Left behind, at risk, and vulnerable elders in rural China : what the RUMIC data reveal about the extent, causes, and consequences of being left behind

Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - 2015

Migration of any distance separates family members for long periods of time. In China, an institutional legacy … continues to privilege the migration of working-age individuals who often leave children and elders behind in the rural areas … living alone without any adult children in the village are most at risk of negative consequences of migration, while those …

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Short-term migration and intergenerational persistence of industry in rural India

Nandi, Tushar Kanti; Kar, Saibal - 2015

paper studies the effect of short-term internal migration experience on the intergenerational persistence of industry upon a … between the migrant's savings, skill or any other productive asset accumulation during migration and the decision to work upon … that short-term migration by males reduces the probability of intergenerational persistence by 20% in rural India …

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Impact of childcare and eldercare on off-farm activities in rural China

Qiao, Fangbin; Rozelle, Scott; Zhang, Linxiu; Yao, Yi; … - In: China & world economy 23 (2015) 2, pp. 100-120

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Migration experience of village leaders and local economic development : evidence from rural China

Hu, Feng; Wu, Sanmang - In: China & world economy 20 (2012) 3, pp. 37-53

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Intra-household labor supply, migration, and subsistence constraints in a risky environment : evidence from rural El salvador

Halliday, Timothy - In: European economic review : EER 56 (2012) 6, pp. 1001-1019

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