Children's Welfare and Short-term Migration from Rural India
利用印度西北部农村的新调查数据，研究了短期劳动力迁移对随迁儿童和留守儿童的影响，发现随迁儿童很少工作，但迁移与儿童教育成果和投资之间存在稳健的负相关关系。
Few papers in the literature provide quantitative analysis of the difficult circumstances faced by children of short-term labour migrants. This paper uses new survey data from rural northwest India to study both children who migrate and those left behind. It finds that, unlike in other contexts, children who migrate rarely work when they accompany adult migrants. Additionally, this paper reports a robust, previously unquantified negative relationship between children's migration and educational outcomes and investments. It calls for further research about externalities of migration for children and suggests that expansion of a large public employment program might help these children.