Elderly Parent Health and the Migration Decisions of Adult Children: Evidence from Rural China.

Recent research has shown that participation in migrant labor markets has led to substantial increases in income for families in rural China. This article addresses the question of how participation is effected by elderly parent health. We find that younger adults are less likely to work as migrants...

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Published in:	Demography Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 265 - 289
Main Authors:	Giles, John, Mu, Ren
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Science & Business Media B.V. May 2007
Subjects:	Migrant labor Health of older people Family-work relationship Rural-urban migration China
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost