Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202716 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12370
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the impact of adult children's internal migration on the health and subjective well-being of elderly parents left behind, distinguishing between the gender of the migrant children. To overcome migration endogeneity, we exploit novel and exogenous variation in children's astrological characteristics and apply instrumental variables methods. We find a positive effect of the migration of daughters on parents' health and life satisfaction, but no such beneficial effects when sons migrate. We further explore the mechanism through which this gender-biased migration effect may arise. Our findings have important implications for regions and countries that have high rates of female emigration.
Subjects: 
migration
health
subjective well-being
gender
Chinese zodiac signs
JEL: 
O15
I12
J14
J16
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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