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The impact of child migration on the health and well‐being of parents left behind (2022)
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Bridges, S., & Liu, L. (2022). The impact of child migration on the health and well‐being of parents left behind. Journal of International Development, 34(6), 1145-1164. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3621

This paper uses data from the China Health and Retirement Survey to estimate the causal effect child out-migration has on the health of parents in China. For rural parents, we show that after controlling for self-selection, child out-migration has a... Read More about The impact of child migration on the health and well‐being of parents left behind.