Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Research 01 Jun 2010 France, United States English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:World Development, volume 38, pages 857-869 (issn: 0305-750X,

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Authors: Macours, Karen; Vakis, Renos;

doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.02.012

handle: 10419/45104 , 10986/4735

Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development

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This paper provides unique evidence of the positive consequences of seasonal migration for investments in early childhood development. We analyze migration in a poor shock-prone border region in rural Nicaragua where it offers one of the main household income diversification and risk -coping strategies. IV estimates show, somewhat surprisingly, that shock-driven migration by mothers has a positive effect on early cognitive development. We attribute these findings to changes in income and to the intra-household empowerment gains resulting from mother's migration, which offset potential negative early childhood development effects from temporary lack of parenting.

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330, Income Distribution, Human Development, Population, Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses, Regionale Arbeitsmobilität, Kinderbetreuung, Nicaragua, migration, and Rural Analyses, Youth J130, Saisonarbeitskräfte, Family Planning, Urban, Rural, Geographic Labor Mobility, Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration, Child Care, [SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance, Immigrant Workers J610, Migration, Migration O150, ddc:330, Regional Labor Markets, households, Economic Development: Regional, O15, INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children, Households, Fertility, income, Transportation O180, Economic Development: Human Resources, Income, J61, Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120, Neighborhood Characteristics R230, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration

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