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

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 nation...

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Published in:Journal of population economics 2016-07, Vol.29 (3), p.687-719
Main Authors: Mosca, Irene, Barrett, Alan
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Adult children
Aging
Childhood mental disorders
Children
Demography
Depressive disorders
Developing countries
Economic models
Economic statistics
Economic theory
Economics
Economics and Finance
Emigration
Families & family life
Fathers
Health problems
Human migration
Irish immigration
Labor Economics
LDCs
Loneliness
Longitudinal studies
Mental disorders
Mental health
Migration
Mothers
Older parents
Older people
Original Paper
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Population Economics
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subjects Adult children
Aging
Childhood mental disorders
Children
Demography
Depressive disorders
Developing countries
Economic models
Economic statistics
Economic theory
Economics
Economics and Finance
Emigration
Families & family life
Fathers
Health problems
Human migration
Irish immigration
Labor Economics
LDCs
Loneliness
Longitudinal studies
Mental disorders
Mental health
Migration
Mothers
Older parents
Older people
Original Paper
Parents
Parents & parenting
Population Economics
Questionnaires
Remittances
Response rates
Social Policy
Socioeconomic factors
Studies
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