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Migration, Economic Crisis and Child Growth in Rural Guatemala: Insights from the Great Recession

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dc.contributor.authorCarletto, Calogero
dc.contributor.authorMaluccio, John A.
dc.contributor.authorShrestha, Savant Man
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Mackenzie F.
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-29T12:16:24Z
dc.date.available2021-07-29T12:16:24Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.description.abstractMigration has been demonstrated by various studies to be closely linked to improvements in individual- and household-level outcomes. Rather than examining the effects of migration, this paper explores whether an economic shock in United States negatively affected migrant households in rural Guatemala. Treating the Great Recession as a natural experiment affecting migrant and non-migrant households differently, the paper puts the spotlight on the effect on child anthropometry, including longer-term indicators of height-for-age z-scores. Panel data on children and multiple children in households enable double- and triple-difference estimation. In relative terms, migrant households fared far worse than non-migrant households over the period. In particular, large advantages in child anthropometric status for the youngest children in migrant households in 2008, just prior to the crisis, were substantially diminished four years later. The findings underscore the possible fragility of the benefits of migration, particularly in the face of a substantial economic shock, and point to the potential importance of deepening social safety nets.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/932541627310242741/Migration-Economic-Crisis-and-Child-Growth-in-Rural-Guatemala-Insights-from-the-Great-Recession
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9734
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/36034
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9734
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectCHILD GROWTH
dc.subjectSTUNTING
dc.subject2008 GREAT RECESSION
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectECONOMIC SHOCK
dc.titleMigration, Economic Crisis and Child Growth in Rural Guatemalaen
dc.title.subtitleInsights from the Great Recessionen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
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dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleMigration, Economic Crisis and Child Growth in Rural Guatemala: Insights from the Great Recession
okr.date.disclosure2021-07-26
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T07:19:44.920893Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/932541627310242741/Migration-Economic-Crisis-and-Child-Growth-in-Rural-Guatemala-Insights-from-the-Great-Recession
okr.guid932541627310242741
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9734
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08882d23f_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33294909
okr.identifier.reportWPS9734
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/932541627310242741/pdf/Migration-Economic-Crisis-and-Child-Growth-in-Rural-Guatemala-Insights-from-the-Great-Recession.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryGuatemala
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.unitDevelopment Data Group, Development Economics
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