The intergenerational effects of paternal migration on schooling and work: What can we learn from children's time allocations?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Antman, Francisca M.
• 署名单位: University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.11.002
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 200-208
• 关键词: MIGRATION; education; child labor; time allocation; Father absence; Left behind

摘要

This paper explores the short-run effects of a father's U.S. migration on his children's schooling and work outcomes in Mexico. To get around the endogeneity of paternal migration, I use individual fixed effects and instrumental variables estimation (FEIV) where the instrumental variables are based on U.S. city-level employment statistics in two industries popular with Mexican immigrants. Overall, the estimates suggest that in the short-run, children reduce study hours and increase work hours in response to a father's U.S. migration. Decomposing the sample into sex- and age-specific groups suggests that this is mainly driven by the effects of paternal migration on 12-15 year-old boys. These results are consistent with a story in which the immediate aftermath of a father's migration is one of financial hardship that is borne in part by relatively young children. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.