Labour Migration and Health of Left-Behind Children in China
研究中国劳动力迁移对留守儿童健康的影响，发现父母外出务工对留守儿童的身高体重有负面影响，尤其对年幼儿童、父母双方外出或跨省迁移时更显著。
With rapid urbanisation, millions of people from rural areas have migrated to major cities for employment, leaving their young children at home. This labour migration creates substantial mental and physical challenges for these left-behind children. This study establishes two empirical models for comparing the health status of left-behind children with that of children in rural areas without migrant parents and with that of migrant children in urban areas. Our empirical findings reveal that parental migration negatively affects the height and weight indices of left-behind children. The effects are particularly prominent for younger children, when both parents migrate or when parents migrate out of province.