The Impact of Parents Migration on the Well-being of Children Left Behind: Initial Evidence from Romania

Arbeitspapier

Many children grow up with parents working abroad. Economists are interested in the achievement and well-being of these "home alone" children to better understand the positive and negative aspects of migration in the sending countries. This paper examines the causal effects of parents' migration on their children left home in Romania, a country where increasingly more children are left behind in recent years. Using samples from a unique representative survey carried out in 2007 instrumental variable and bivariate probit estimates have been performed. Our initial evidence demonstrates that in Romania home alone children receive higher school grades, partly because they increase their time allocation for studying. However, they are more likely to be depressed and more often suffer from health problems especially in rural areas.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 8225

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Health Behavior ; Analysis of Education ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
• Thema: parent migration ; home alone children ; well-being ; Romania

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Botezat, Alina ; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/98965
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ