Left-Behind Children and Return Decisions of Rural Migrants in China
Published By: IZA on eSS | Published Date: November, 01 , 2013This paper examines how left-behind children influence return migration in China. A simple illustrative model based on Dustmann (2003) is presented that incorporates economic
and non-economic motives for migration duration (or intentions to return), among which are
parents’ concerns about the well-being of their left-behind children. [IZA Discussion Paper No.7727].
Author(s): Sylvie Démurger | Posted on: Nov 13, 2013 | Views(779)