@misc{10633,
title = {The Impact of Economic Migration on Children's Cognitive Development: Evidence from the Mexican Family Life Survey},
author = {Powers, Elizabeth T.},
year = {2011},
doi = {10.18235/0011204},
abstract = {This paper uses data from the Mexican Family Life Survey to estimate the impact of a household member's migration to the United States on the cognitive development of children remaining in Mexico.  While there is no developmental effect of a child's sibling migrating to the United States, there is an adverse effect when another household member-typically the child's parent- migrates.  This is particularly true for pre-school to early-school-age children with older siblings, for whom the effect of parental migration is comparable to speaking an indigenous language at home or having a mother with very low educational attainment.  Additionally, household-member migration to the United States affects how children spend their time in ways that may influence and/or be influenced by cognitive development.},
url = {https://doi.org/10.18235/0011204}
}