Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development

• Tác giả: Karen Macours
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 325.39 International migration and colonization
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 294983
• Chủ đề: 1. Child Care; 2. Family Planning; 3. Fertility; 4. INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children; 5. Youth J130

Tóm tắt

This paper provides unique evidence of the positive consequences of seasonal migration for investments in early childhood development. We analyze migration in a poor shock-prone border region in rural Nicaragua where it offers one of the main household income diversification and risk-coping strategies. IV estimates show, somewhat surprisingly, that shock-driven migration by mothers has a positive effect on early cognitive development. We attribute these findings to changes in income and to the intra-household empowerment gains resulting from mother's migration, which offset potential negative early childhood development effects from temporary lack of parenting.