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 … Read More
The Impact of Adult Child Emigration on the Mental Health of Older Parents
Author(s): | Irene Mosca, Alan Barrett |
Publisher: | Journal of Population Economics |
Publication Date: | 16 Jan 2016 |
Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
URL: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00148-015-0582-8 |