this paper, we explore whether older parents of adult children who emigrate experience declines in mental health compared … to parents whose children do not migrate. We use data from the first two waves of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing … loneliness increase among the parents of migrant children but that the effect is only present for mothers. Given the relationship …

countries face. Elderly people who are left behind may experience a decrease in welfare when their children migrate. This paper … investigates the effect of migration on various dimensions of elderly health using unique data from Moldova, which has one of the …-reported health. No effects are found on depression and cognitive capacity. We trace these positive outcomes to an income effect which …

In 2015, 15% of all children in China were left behind in the countryside because at least one of their parents … (CFPS) to investigate the dynamic effects of parental migration on the health of left behind young children (LBC). While we …. Furthermore, the analysis shows that the incidence of overweight declines gradually since their parents' first migration and …

In 2015, 15% of all children in China were left behind in the countryside because at least one of their parents … (CFPS) to investigate the dynamic effects of parental migration on the health of left behind young children (LBC). While we …. Furthermore, the analysis shows that the incidence of overweight declines gradually since their parents' first migration and …

unstudied. This study is the first to analyze heterogeneous intergenerational effects of children's education on parents' mental … schooling reforms. Increasing children's education reduces parents' long-term probability of developing depression. Fathers and …Despite extensive research on nonmarket returns to education, direct and spillover effects on mental health are widely …

This paper provides novel evidence on differences in health outcomes of children in religious and non … does not affect children's height-for-age, but increases children's body mass index and subjective health. Father …'s religiosity has a stronger salutary effect than mother's religiosity. In fatherless families, children's health is more strongly …

" policies, and followed it with the One-Child Policy from 1979. The number of children born to Chinese parents significantly … different effects on elderly parents' physical and mental well-beings. Whereas parents more exposed to the family planning … policies consume more and enjoy slightly better physical health status, they report more severe depression symptoms. In this …

-behind children relative to children who migrate with their parents. Additional results from a standard Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition … associated with the nutritional status of children in rural and urban China. Results from instrumental variables regressions show … a substantial adverse effect of children's exposure to parental migration on height-for-age Z-scores of left …