Thursday, April 15 / 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM   •   Cumberland L

Session 72:
Migrant Workers and Children's Wellbeing in Developing Countries

Chair: William A. Kandel, Congressional Research Service
Discussant: Sara Curran, University of Washington
Discussant: Zai Liang, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)

  1. ¿Educación o desintegración? The Ramifications of Parental Migration and Remittances on Children’s Education in Western GuatemalaJason Davis, University of California, Santa Barbara

  2. Impact of International Migration and Remittances on Child Schooling and Child Work: The Case of EgyptAsmaa Elbadawy, Population Council ; Ragui Assaad, University of Minnesota

  3. Population Migration and Children’s School Enrollments in China, 1990-2005Xiaogang Wu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ; Zhuoni Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  4. Effects of Poverty Concentration: A Case of Migrant Workers’ Children in ChinaBill Tsang, University of Hong Kong ; Eric Fong, University of Toronto ; Tony Tam, Chinese University of Hong Kong

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