ArticleJournal of population economics2019
Emigration, remittances, and the subjective well-being of those staying behind.
Article in Journal of population economics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Rural-Urban Migration and the Health of Left-Behind Older Adults.Health economics · 2026Article
- Emigration and tobacco smoking among those staying behind.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- Long-term Consequences of Men's Migration for Women's Well-being in a Rural African Setting.Sociological perspectives : SP : official publication of the Pacific Sociological Association · 2023Article
- Alcohol use and internal migration in Nepal: a cross-sectional study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2023Article
- Children's internal migration and subjective wellbeing of older parents left behind: Spiritual or financial support?Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Migration and the Health of Non-migrant Family: Findings from the Jamaica Return(ed) Migrants Study.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- The Impact of Spousal Migration on the Mental Health of Nepali Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Subjective well-being of left-behind children: a cross-sectional study in a rural area of eastern China.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2020Article
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Abstract
We offer the first global perspective on the well-being consequences of emigration for those staying behind using several subjective well-being measures (evaluations of best possible life, positive affect, stress, and depression). Using the Gallup World Poll data for 114 countries during 2009-2011, we find that having family members abroad is associated with greater evaluative well-being and positive affect, and receiving remittances is linked with further increases in evaluative well-being, especially in poorer contexts-both across and within countries. We also document that having household members abroad is linked with increased stress and depression, which are not offset by remittances. The out-migration of family members appears less traumatic in countries where migration is more common, indicating that people in such contexts might be able to cope better with separation. Overall, subjective well-being measures, which reflect both material and non-material aspects of life, furnish additional insights and a well-rounded picture of the consequences of emigration on migrant family members staying behind relative to standard outcomes employed in the literature, such as the left-behind's consumption, income, or labor market outcomes.
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