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References for Migration and families left behind
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Further reading
- Adams, R. H. "Evaluating the economic impact of international remittances on developing countries using household surveys: A literature review" Journal of Development Studies 47:6 (2011): 809–828.
- Ratha, D., Mohapatra, S., Scheja, E. Impact of Migration and Economic and Social Development: A Review of Evidence and Emerging Issues World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No.5558, 2011-02.
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Key references
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Ye, J., Wang, C., Wu, H., He, C., Liu, J. "Internal migration
and left-behind populations in China" The Journal of
Peasant Studies 40:6 (2013): 1119–1146. Key reference: [1]
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Gibson, J., McKenzie, D., Stillman, S. "Accounting for
selectivity and duration-dependent heterogeneity when estimating
the impact of emigration on incomes and poverty in sending
areas" Economic
Development and Cultural Change 61:2 (2013): 247–280. Key reference: [2]
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McKenzie, D., Yang, D. "Experimental
approaches in migration studies" In: Vargas-Silva, C. (ed). Handbook of
Research Methods in Migration. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2012. Key reference: [3]
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Gibson, J., McKenzie, D., Stillman, S. "The impacts of
international migration on remaining household members: Omnibus
results from a migration lottery program" Review of
Economics and Statistics 93:4 (2011): 1297–1318. Key reference: [4]
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Gibson, J., McKenzie, D., Stillman, S. "What happens to
diet and child health when migration splits households? Evidence
from a migration lottery program" Food
Policy 36:1 (2011): 7–15. Key reference: [5]
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Antman, F. M. "The impact of
migration on family left behind" In: Constant, A. F., Zimmermann, K. F. (eds). International
Handbook of the Economics of Migration. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2013. Key reference: [6]
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Yang, D. "International
migration, remittances, and household investment: Evidence from
Philippine migrants’ exchange rate shocks" The Economic
Journal 118:528 (2008): 591–630. Key reference: [7]
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Alcaraz, C., Chiquiar, D., Salcedo, A. "Remittances,
schooling, and child labor in Mexico" Journal of
Development Economics 97:1 (2012): 156–165. Key reference: [8]
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Antman, F. M. "Gender,
educational attainment, and the impact of parental migration on
children left behind" Journal of
Population Economics 25:4 (2012): 1187–1214. Key reference: [9]
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Mu, R., de Brauw, A. Migration and
Young Child Nutrition: Evidence from Rural China IZA Discussion
Paper No.7466, 2013-06. Key reference: [10]
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Amuedo-Dorantes, C., Pozo, S. "Migration,
remittances, and male and female employment patterns" American Economic
Review 96:2 (2006): 222–226. Key reference: [11]
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Démurger, S., Li, S. "Migration,
remittances and rural employment patterns: Evidence from
China" Research in Labor
Economics 37:1 (2013): 31–63. Key reference: [12]
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de Haas, H., van Rooij, A. "Migration as
emancipation? The impact of internal and international migration
on the position of women left behind in rural Morocco" Oxford Development
Studies 38:1 (2010): 43–62. Key reference: [13]
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Ye, J., Wang, C., Wu, H., He, C., Liu, J. "Internal migration
and left-behind populations in China" The Journal of
Peasant Studies 40:6 (2013): 1119–1146.
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Additional References
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- Amuedo-Dorantes, C., Pozo, S. "Accounting for remittance and migration effects on children’s schooling" World Development 38:12 (2010): 1747–1759.
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