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The Impact of Parents Migration on the
Well-being of Children Left Behind:
Initial Evidence from Romania
IZA DP No. 8225
May 2014
Alina Botezat
Friedhelm Pfeiffer
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The Impact of Parents Migration on the
Well-being of Children Left Behind:Initial Evidence from
Romania
Al ina BotezatGh.Zane Institute for Economic and Social
Research, Romanian Academy
Friedhelm PfeifferCentre for European Economic Research
(ZEW),
University of Mannheim and IZA
Discussion Paper No. 8225May 2014
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IZA Discussion Paper No. 8225May 2014
ABSTRACT
The Impact of Parents Migration on the Well-being ofChildren
Left Behind: Initial Evidence from Romania*
Many children grow up with parents working abroad. Economists
are interested in theachievement and well-being of these home alone
children to better understand the positiveand negative aspects of
migration in the sending countries. This paper examines the
causal
effects of parents migration on their children left home in
Romania, a country whereincreasingly more children are left behind
in recent years. Using samples from a uniquerepresentative survey
carried out in 2007 instrumental variable and bivariate probit
estimateshave been performed. Our initial evidence demonstrates
that in Romania home alonechildren receive higher school grades,
partly because they increase their time allocation forstudying.
However, they are more likely to be depressed and more often suffer
from healthproblems especially in rural areas.
JEL Classification: I12, I21, J13
Keywords: parent migration, home alone children, well-being,
Romania
Corresponding author:
Alina BotezatRomanian AcademyGh.Zane Institute for Economic and
Social Research2 Teodor Codrescu Street700481,
IaiRomaniaE-mail:[email protected]
*Part of this study has been performed while Alina Botezat was a
visiting researcher at the Centre forEuropean Economic Research
(ZEW) in Mannheim. Alina Botezat acknowledges support by a grant
ofthe Romanian Ministry of Education, CNCS - UEFISCDI, project
number PN-II-RU-PD-2012-3-0541.
Both authors gratefully acknowledge support from the College for
Interdisciplinary EducationResearch, a joint initiative of the
German Ministry of Education and Research, the Jacobs Foundationand
the Leibniz Association. This paper benefited from extremely
helpful comments by EckhardKlieme, Jan Marcus, Jens Mohrenweiser,
Frauke Peter, Winfried Pohlmeier, Beatrice Rammstedt andHeike
Solga. The views expressed in this article are those of the author
and do not necessarily reflectthe views of the College for
Interdisciplinary Education Research or the Romanian Ministry
ofEducation. All opinions and mistakes are our own.
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