Antman Francisca M
Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder.
J Dev Econ. 2011 Nov;96(2):200-208. doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.11.002.
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.
本文探讨了父亲移民美国对其在墨西哥子女的学业和工作成果的短期影响。为解决父亲移民的内生性问题，我使用个体固定效应和工具变量估计（FEIV），其中工具变量基于墨西哥移民集中的两个行业的美国城市层面就业统计数据。总体而言，估计结果表明，短期内，子女会因父亲移民美国而减少学习时间并增加工作时间。将样本按性别和年龄分组进行分解表明，这主要是由父亲移民对12至15岁男孩的影响所致。这些结果与这样一种情况相符：父亲移民后紧接着会出现经济困难，相对年幼的孩子会部分承受这种困难。
