Economic Influences on Child Migration Decisions:Evidence from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

Why do young children migrate without a parent? We consider the economic components ofthe answer to this question by examining the correlates of out-migration for children under 15whose mother's reside in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. 1 million children appear to havemigrated away from home in our data...

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Year of publication:	2007-11-01
Authors:	Edmonds, Eric V. ; Salinger, Philip
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Migration \| migration \| Kinderarbeit \| child labour

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Extent:	868352 bytes 45 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 3174 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J82 - Labor Force Composition ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration ; Labour law and industrial relations ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; India
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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