The Intergenerational Effects of Paternal Migration on Schooling and Work: what can we Learn from Children's time Allocations?
Antman, F.M.
Journal of Development Economics 96(2): 200-208
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0304-3878 PMID: 22505791 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.11.002Document Number: 212091
This paper explores the short-run effects of a father's U.S. migration on his children's schooling and work outcomes in Mexico. To get around the endogeneity of paternal migration, I use individual fixed effects and instrumental variables estimation (FEIV) where the instrumental variables are based on U.S. city-level employment statistics in two industries popular with Mexican immigrants. Overall, the estimates suggest that in the short-run, children reduce study hours and increase work hours in response to a father's U.S. migration. Decomposing the sample into sex- and age-specific groups suggests that this is mainly driven by the effects of paternal migration on 12-15 year-old boys. These results are consistent with a story in which the immediate aftermath of a father's migration is one of financial hardship that is borne in part by relatively young children.
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