Parental Migration and Education of Left-Behind Children: A Comparison of Two Settings.

ABSTRACT: The out-migration of parents has become a common childhood experience worldwide. It can confer both economic benefits and social costs on children. Despite a growing literature, the circumstances under which children benefit or suffer from parental out-migration are not well understood. The present study examined how the relationship between parental out-migration and children's education varies across migration streams (internal vs. international) and across 2 societies. Data are from the Mexican Family Life Survey (N = 5,719) and the Indonesian Family Life Survey (N = 2,938). The results showed that children left behind by international migrant parents are worse off in educational attainment than those living with both parents. Internal migration of parents plays a negative role in some

SUBMITTER: Lu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4183659 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature