The impact of Migration on Infant Mortality Reduction in Albania

Edlira Narazani

Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers from University of Turin

Abstract: In the last two decades, Albania went through a substantial reduction in infant mortality rates together with a widespread migration experience. In this paper we investigate whether migration has played any role in this decreasing trend of infant mortality in Albania by using the Albanian Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09 (ADHS). First we assess whether migration has affected fertility decisions, namely, number of children and child sex composition among women aged 15 to 49 who have ever been married, but find no statistically significant evidence for any impact even when migration is instrumented. Afterwards, migration impact on child health status is investigated and the estimations results show that migrant households have had lower rates of infant mortality than non-migrant househol ds but only once the endogeneity of migration is tackled with country-specific instrumental variables.

Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2013-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dem, nep-eur, nep-hea, nep-mig and nep-tra
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