Thursday, April 11 / 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM   •   Bayside A

Session 27:
International and Domestic Migration, Children and Families

Chair: Jennifer A. Holland, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) and University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant: Fernando Riosmena, University of Colorado at Boulder

  1. International Family Migration and the Academic Achievement of 9th Grade Students in Mexico • Bryant Jensen, Brigham Young University ; Silvia Giorguli-Saucedo, El Colegio de México ; Eduardo Hernández, Instituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación

  2. Family Structure, Maternal Nativity Status and Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Evidence from the United Kingdom • Wendy Sigle-Rushton, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ; Alice Goisis, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

  3. The Causal Effects of Rural-to-Urban Migration on Children’s Wellbeing in China • Hongwei Xu, University of Michigan ; Yu Xie, University of Michigan

  4. Father's Labor Migration and Children's School Discontinuation in Rural Mozambique • Scott T. Yabiku, Arizona State University

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