Emigration, remittances, and the subjective well-being of those staying behind [0.03%]
移民、侨汇与留在家乡的人的主观幸福感
Artjoms Ivlevs,Milena Nikolova,Carol Graham
Artjoms Ivlevs
We offer the first global perspective on the well-being consequences of emigration for those staying behind using several subjective well-being measures (evaluations of best possible life, positive affect, stress, and depression). Using the...
Jason Fletcher,Norma Padrón
Jason Fletcher
Research examining impacts of teenage childbearing on economic and social outcomes has focused on completed schooling and labor force outcomes. In this paper, we examine outcomes that have remained largely unexplored, soft-skills and person...
Nicholas Lawson,Dean Spears
Nicholas Lawson
A large literature considers the optimal size and growth rate of the human population, trading off the utility value of additional people with the costs of a larger population. In this literature, an important parameter is the social weight...
Schooling and Labor Market Effects of Temporary Authorization: Evidence from DACA [0.03%]
临时身份安排的教育和劳动市场效应——基于DACA计划的证据
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes,Francisca Antman
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
This paper explores the labor market and schooling effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative, which provides work authorization to eligible immigrants along with a temporary reprieve from deportation. The analy...
Xiaoyan Lei,Yan Shen,James P Smith et al.
Xiaoyan Lei et al.
We use a population survey of the Chinese adult population-2010 Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS) modelled after the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We find that being the oldest child gives an education benefit to male and not female chi...
Immigrant employment and earnings growth in Canada and the USA: evidence from longitudinal data [0.03%]
加拿大和美国移民就业及收入增长情况：纵向数据分析结果
Neeraj Kaushal,Yao Lu,Nicole Denier et al.
Neeraj Kaushal et al.
We study the short-term trajectories of employment, hours worked, and real wages of immigrants in Canada and the U.S. using nationally representative longitudinal datasets covering 1996-2008. Models with person fixed effects show that on av...
Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind [0.03%]
性别、教育程度与父母迁徙对留守子女的影响
Francisca M Antman
Francisca M Antman
Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes....
Francisca M Antman
Francisca M Antman
This paper considers the relationship between international migration and gender discrimination through the lens of decision-making power over intrahousehold resource allocation. The endogeneity of migration is addressed with a difference-i...
V Joseph Hotz,Juan Pantano
V Joseph Hotz
Fueled by new evidence, there has been renewed interest about the effects of birth order on human capital accumulation. The underlying causal mechanisms for such effects remain unsettled. We consider a model in which parents impose more str...
Do Fertility Transitions Influence Infant Mortality Declines? Evidence from Early Modern Germany [0.03%]
生育转变会影响婴儿死亡率的下降吗？来自早期现代德国的证据
Alan Fernihough,Mark E McGovern
Alan Fernihough
The timing and sequencing of fertility transitions and early-life mortality declines in historical Western societies indicates that reductions in sibship (number of siblings) may have contributed to improvements in infant health. Surprising...