scholarly journals Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisca Antman
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Children Left Behind ◽  
The Impact

Effect of overseas parental employment migration on healthcare seeking for common childhood illnesses and nutritional status among left-behind young children: A systematic review

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritu Kunwar ◽  
Prabhat Lamichhane ◽  
Claire Vajdic ◽  
David J Muscatello
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Healthcare Seeking ◽  
Childhood Illnesses ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Manual Search ◽  
Children Left Behind ◽  
The Impact

We aimed to examine the available evidence on the impact of overseas parental migration on healthcare seeking for common childhood illnesses and the nutritional status of children left-behind under five years of age. A systematic review of English language articles was conducted on PubMed, MEDLINE and EMBASE, supplemented by a manual search of grey literature and reference lists. There were no studies examining the association between overseas parental migration and healthcare seeking for common childhood illnesses. We found three cross-sectional surveys examining the association with an indicator of nutritional status. We observed mixed findings from the available studies. The results indicated that children left-behind may have positive, negative or null effects on their nutritional status. There was insufficient information available to draw conclusions on the magnitude and direction of the association between overseas parental migration and its effect on either healthcare seeking for common childhood illnesses or the nutritional status of left-behind children. The association, if any, may be context or country dependent. Prospective studies are needed to address this important knowledge gap.

The Impact of Parental Migration on the Mental Health of Children Left Behind

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 781-789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh Adhikari ◽  
Aree Jampaklay ◽  
Aphichat Chamratrithirong ◽  
Kerry Richter ◽  
Umaporn Pattaravanich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Children Left Behind ◽  
The Impact

The Effect of Parental Migration on the Educational Attainment of Their Left-Behind Children in Rural China

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1037-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Xuefei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Instrumental Variables ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
School Enrollment ◽  
Reduced Form ◽  
Parental Migration ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Negative Effect

Abstract About 60 million children under the age of 18 are left behind by their parents in rural China. This paper studies the effect of migrant parents on the educational attainment of their left-behind children in rural China. A theoretical model of optimal schooling in the context of parental migration is proposed. Then, reduced-form equations are estimated using probit model, instrumental variables probit model, and linear instrumental variables model. Results show that parental migration has a negative effect on children’s school enrollment. This negative effect is significant and sizable on the school enrollment of boys, but insignificant on the school enrollment of girls. The most important source of this robust negative effect on boys is the absence of fathers. Results suggest that left-behind mothers or relatives cannot fulfill fathers’ role successfully in disciplining boys and help with their educational needs.

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