Is International Migration Always Good for Left Behind Households Members? Evidence from Children Education in Cameroon

Kuepié, Mathias

doi:10.1111/imig.12503

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“…Based on the concept of 'brain gain,' it is viewed as an investment in human resources (Bongers et al, 2022;Mayr & Peri, 2008;Stark et al, 1997). Returning migrants are expected to be experienced, educated, be experts and contribute to the development of their region of origin through the transfer of technology and knowledge (Kuépié, 2018).…”

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Migration and Farmer Household Livelihood Strategies: Factors Influencing the Decision to Migrate

Kusumo¹,

Kurnia²,

Setiawan³

et al. 2023

JSSH

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West Java is one of the provinces in Indonesia with a high percentage of poor farmer’s households. Furthermore, migration is often associated with economic conditions and is carried out by farmer’s households as a livelihood strategy to cope with poverty and vulnerability. This research aims to describe the migration carried out by farmer’s households and to analyze the factors influencing the decision of members to migrate. This study relies on longitudinal data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey in 2007 and 2014 to evaluate the migration phenomenon that occurred from 2007 to 2014. The respondents are members of farmer’s households in West Java Province, a total of 615 individuals, including 89 migrants and 526 non-migrants. Descriptive analysis and logistic regression were used to answer the research objectives. The results showed that respondents’ age, perceived current living conditions, and ability to meet children’s needs significantly and negatively affect the decision to migrate; meanwhile, crop failure significantly and positively affects the decision to migrate. In the face of limited financial resources and vulnerabilities, farmer households allocate productive human resources to migrate and earn a living outside their village. Further research can be directed to provide a broader picture of migration carried out by farmer households by analyzing macro conditions that affect their livelihood. The government can play a role in formulating an economic and social reintegration strategy. Hence, the remittances obtained by migrants can ensure sustainable livelihoods and contribute to agricultural development.

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confidence: 99%

Migration and Farmer Household Livelihood Strategies: Factors Influencing the Decision to Migrate

Kusumo¹,

Kurnia²,

Setiawan³

et al. 2023

JSSH

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“…However, in general, the positive effects of income are unlikely to offset the negative impact of parents working outside the hometown on children's educational performance and physical and psychological development. The "ignorance effect" caused by the absence of parents dominates the negative impact, and the lack of complete family care and companionship is not conducive to children's education, nutrition, mental health, and so on [28][29][30][31][32]. Obviously, these studies mainly concentrated on the effects of parental migration on children at school age.…”

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The Effects of Parental Migrant Work Experience on Labor Market Performance of Rural-Urban Migrants: Evidence from China

Jin

Zeng

et al. 2022

Land

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With the development of China’s economy and the deepening of urbanization, the number of migrants whose parents have migrant work experience continues to rise. However, what is the long-term impact of parental migrant work experience on migrant children? Existing literature has not yet adequately answered. Based on the data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey in 2016–2017, this article uses a multiple linear regression model to examine the impact of parental migrant work experience on the income of rural-urban migrants and its impact mechanism and heterogeneity empirically. We find that parental migrant work experience has a positive impact on the monthly income of second-generation rural-urban migrants. Specifically, compared with those whose parents had no such experience, the average monthly income of those whose parents had such experience increased significantly by 3.08% (approximately 124 yuan), and this effect was more apparent when fathers had migrant work experience. The main influencing channel comes from the significant increase in the probability of rural-urban migrants choosing self-employment. The results of the heterogeneity analysis showed that this effect was more significant in the sample of males and those with high school education and below. After a series of robustness tests, these conclusions remain valid. This work enriches the corresponding research literature and provides empirical evidence for studying the long-term effects of parents’ early experiences on their children.

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“…Another study reports that paternal migration increases the risk of school drop-out, especially for rural girls (Giannelli & Mangiavacchi, 2010). Other research shows that boys more than girls tend to neglect school if the migrant parent is the father (Antman, 2011;Kuépié, 2018). There is, however, little research that distinguishes between the effects of migration on school adaptation by the type of migrant (Antman, 2013).…”

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School Effects of Attachment Break in Context of Economic Migration of Parents

Oprea

2021

LUMEN Proceedings

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Romania is going through a period of economic transition, subject to the pressures of globalization that affect the evolution of the family, at the micro social level, structurally, from the behaviour and relational point of view. The continuous process of changes in the labour market, the inefficiency of the association between vocational training and job satisfaction, the financial difficulties felt by most families but also the challenge of modernity have emphasized the phenomenon of migration in the last decade. The departure of parents who have to work abroad has become a worrying phenomenon with a higher incidence in the eastern half of the country. It has got complex effects on the evolution of the family, especially on the children left at home with one of their parents or their tutors. Nowadays, the studies show more and more situations of neglect in which children become victims and suffer emotionally and physically. They also suffer various abuses, they are exploited through work or sex. In schools, there is a new profile of special educational requirements (not deficiencies), the profile of children left at home without parental support. It is worrying the migration phenomenon seen as a value model by the young generation and its negative effects at school level: decrease of motivation for learning or school abandonment. The present study discusses a review of the current scientific literature objectively, which examines the impact of breaking attachment relationships between children and parents on socio-emotional development and school outcomes. The Romanian society knows an important socio-economic phenomenon, which has grown since 1990: migration. In 2017, a study carried out at the request of the Romanian Government recorded more than 85,000 children left home alone with one of the parents or without parental supervision. We aim to analyse what effects at school and socio-emotional level have the loss of attachment ties having as moderators the gender of the migrant parent, the duration of the separation, the age at which the separation occurs. When these relationships are interrupted, the child’s emotional development is affected, his emotional balance having repercussions in his social life. The purpose of this study is to identify, monitor the dimensions of the phenomenon in intensely affected areas (Braila and Galati counties), the psycho-pedagogical aspects of children with migrant parents exposed to situations of vulnerability, marginalization and to propose a program of educational strategies in order to optimize school motivation. The main objective of the research is to identify, evaluate and involve them into adaptive actions that have as their objective the rebalancing of the socio-affective relations

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Is International Migration Always Good for Left Behind Households Members? Evidence from Children Education in Cameroon

Cited by 6 publications

References 29 publications

Migration and Farmer Household Livelihood Strategies: Factors Influencing the Decision to Migrate

Migration and Farmer Household Livelihood Strategies: Factors Influencing the Decision to Migrate

The Effects of Parental Migrant Work Experience on Labor Market Performance of Rural-Urban Migrants: Evidence from China

School Effects of Attachment Break in Context of Economic Migration of Parents

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