Migration and Children’s Health: Evidence from Rural China
Zhang, Shu. (2012). Migration and Children’s Health: Evidence from Rural China. . University of Houston.
Zhang, Shu. (2012). Migration and Children’s Health: Evidence from Rural China. . University of Houston.
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This paper intends to identify the impact of migration on children's health in sending household using CHNS data. Facing increased household income from remittances and increased mother's bargaining power due to the absence of father, children's health condition is expected to be better-o according to children's health production function and Household Non-Unitary Model. The measurements of children's health outcome are Height,Weight, Weight-for-Height, and Height-For-Age Z-score and empirical strategy that used is the method of Dierence-in-Dierences.
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Zhang, Shu
2012
University of Houston
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