NDLI: The impact of adult child emigration on the mental health of older parents

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Author	Mosca, Irene Barrett, Alan
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	We explore whether older parents of adult children who emigrate experience, in the short term, increases in depressive symptoms and loneliness feelings compared to parents whose children do not migrate. We use data from the first two waves of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, which is a nationally representative sample of 8500 people aged 50 + living in Ireland. To deal with the endogeneity of migration, we apply fixed-effects estimation models and control for a broad range of life events occurring between the two waves. These include the emigration of a child but also events such as bereavement, onset of disease, retirement and unemployment. We find that depressive symptoms and loneliness feelings increase among the parents of migrant children but that the effect is only present for mothers. As the economic burden of mental health problems is high, our findings have potentially significant impacts for migrant-sending regions and countries.
Starting Page	687
Ending Page	719
Page Count	33
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09331433
Journal	Journal of Population Economics
Volume Number	29
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	14321475
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2016-01-16
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Emigration Depression Mental health Older parents Population Economics Labor Economics Demography Social Policy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Demography Economics and Econometrics

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