the effects of migration on children depend on which of their parents migrates. I describe the migration of one of the …This paper analyzes the effects of parental migration on children left behind in order to understand whether and how … mechanism generates no difference in the share of total household income devoted to investment on children no matter which of …

certain health investments, including children's diets. Our results support the notion that traditional gender roles can …

measures of health, education, and labor market outcomes. Parents reallocated their investments toward children exposed to an …

if the child gender directly affect the outcome variable other than changing the number of children, the exclusion … China's One Child Policy. Applying to the children's effects on parental migration decision, we find that the addition of … one girl in the family will result in a 13.7% increase in the probability that both parents in rural households migrate to …

countries face. Elderly people who are left behind may experience a decrease in welfare when their children migrate. This paper …

targeting parents of children aged six to 24 months in a poor, rural district of Rwanda. The programme engaged parents through … baseline, children's communication, problem-solving, and personal social skills improved in treated groups. After almost three … resulted in increases in maternal time investments in both the short and the medium term, as well as improvements in parents …

Little is currently known about the effects of shocks to parental health on the allocation of children’s time between … health shocks on the amount of children’s time spent in work, leisure and education. One key contribution of the paper is …