To Migrate With or Without the Children—A Theoretical Note

Yiwen Chen () and Benteng Zou
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Yiwen Chen: CREA, Université du Luxembourg

DEM Discussion Paper Series from Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg

Abstract: Tens of millions of young children were left behind by their migrant parents who left to find a job elsewhere to gain a better income and improve their families’ living standards. Many studies suggest that migrant parents should bring their children rather than leave them behind, especially EU internal migrants. In this short note, we give an economic reasoning for the choice of migrant parents. Our finding shows that emotionally, bringing the children makes both children and parents better off; however, economically, that may not be the case. The ambiguity depends on the forgone opportunity cost, relocation cost of children, children’s motivation, and the quality of the public school at the origin and destination

Keywords: Migrant children; left-behind children; migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 I31 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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