Children and return migration

Christian Dustmann

Journal of Population Economics, 2003, vol. 16, issue 4, 815-830

Abstract: We explore reasons for return migrations which are motivated by immigrants’ concerns about their children. We develop a simple model, where parents have paternalistic preferences. We show that parental concerns about the child may lead to an increase, or to a decrease in the tendency to return to the home country. Our model suggests that return plans of the parent may respond differently to the presence of daughters than to the presence of sons. The empirical test of our models relies on the exogeneity of children’s gender. We use a survey panel data set, containing information on both return realisations over 14 years, and intended return plans. Our results lend support to the hypothesis that children influence return plans of their parents. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2003

Keywords: J; F22; Return migration; Second generation migrants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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