When the Cat's Away : The Effects of Spousal Migration on Investments on Children
Household expenditures for children-related goods may change when one of the parent migrates and do so differently depending on whether it is the mother or the father that leaves. A sequential model that explains migration and budget allocation cho...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26819241/cats-away-effects-spousal-migration-investments-children http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25157 |
| Summary: | Household expenditures for
children-related goods may change when one of the parent
migrates and do so differently depending on whether it is
the mother or the father that leaves. A sequential model
that explains migration and budget allocation choices is
proposed and its predictions are tested on data from
Indonesia. Selection of households into female migration is
accounted for using a set of instrumental variables derived
from the model. Results show that when children are left
with fathers, the household budget is significantly diverted
toward the purchase of adult private goods, but the share of
budget devoted to children remains unaffected because
mothers compensate by giving up their own private
consumption and sending home more remittances. |
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