We study the impact of adult children's internal migration on the health and subjective well-being of elderly parents … positive effect of the migration of daughters on parents' health and life satisfaction, but no such beneficial effects when … left behind, distinguishing between the gender of the migrant children. To overcome migration endogeneity, we exploit novel …

We study the impact of adult children's internal migration on the health and subjective well-being of elderly parents … positive effect of the migration of daughters on parents' health and life satisfaction, but no such beneficial effects when … left behind, distinguishing between the gender of the migrant children. To overcome migration endogeneity, we exploit novel …

with health, and satisfaction with children. Our results suggest that the increase in SWB is achieved through better health …In many societies, parents prefer sons over daughters, but the well-being effects of child gender, especially in later … life, are less studied. Using the latest two waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this …

the host community's children in Nigeria. Our identification strategy characterizes affected children based on distance … heterogeneities between the household and the closest IDP camp, as well as the child's birth year. We find that children residing … professional employment and a significant increase in vaccination intake for affected children. …

expectations and norms. Parental gender stereotypes are shown to strongly decrease student wellbeing in China. Students are …

expectations and norms. Using standard econometric techniques, parental gender stereotypes are shown to strongly decrease student … wellbeing in China. Students are strongly more depressed, feeling blue, unhappy, not enjoying life and sad while parental … education does not matter. The relationships though dealing with a gender-specific issue do not exhibit gender …

investigates the effect of migration on various dimensions of elderly health using unique data from Moldova, which has one of the …Increasing labor migration and simultaneous aging of societies are two important demographic developments many poor … countries face. Elderly people who are left behind may experience a decrease in welfare when their children migrate. This paper …

-term physical and mental health and subjective well-being. There is weak, but not robust, evidence for increased satisfaction with … physical and mental health and subjective well-being. The reform extended paid leave for first-time mothers by six months to a …

, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …

, migration enhances subjective well-being and satisfaction with freedom. The results are robust to sensitivity checks …The extant literature has focused on migration's consequences for the receiving countries. In this paper, we ask a … different but important question: how much do migrants gain from moving to another country? Using Gallup World Poll data and a …