1 论文标题
Unattended but not undernourished: young children left behind in rural China
2 作者信息
Alan de Brauw
Ren Mu
3 出处和链接（比如，NBER working paper No.11000）
https://server15738.contentdm.oclc.org/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p15738coll2&CISOPTR=126974&filename=127185.pdf
4 摘要

The unprecedented, large-scale, rural-to-urban migration in China has left many rural children living apart
from their parents. Yet the consequences for child development of living without one or more parents due
to migration are largely unknown. In this study, we examine the impact of parental migration on one
measure of child development, the nutritional status of young children in rural areas. We use the
interaction terms of wage growth in provincial capital cities with initial village migrant networks as
instrumental variables to account for migration selection. Our results show that parental migration has no
significant impact on the height of children but that it improves their weight. We provide suggestive
evidence that the improvement in weight may be achieved through increased access to tap water in
households with migrants. To conclude the paper, we raise concerns about the sustainability of the
impact