The Impact of Immigration on Child Health

• Tác giả: Steven Stillman
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 325.2 Emigration
• Thông tin xuất bản: Western Economic Association International, 2015
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 308653
• Chủ đề: 1. BMI; 2. Child health; 3. dietary change; 4. income effect; 5. migrant children

Tóm tắt

This paper uses a unique survey designed by the authors to compare migrant children who enter New Zealand through a random ballot with children in the home country of Tonga whose families were unsuccessful participants in the same ballots. We find that migration increases height and reduces stunting of infants and toddlers, but also increases BMI and obesity among 3- to 5-yr-olds. These impacts are quite large even though the average migrant household has been in New Zealand for less than 1 yr. Additional results suggest that these impacts occur because of dietary change rather than direct income effects.