The Impact of Immigration on Child Health : Experimental Evidence from a Migration Lorrery Program

This paper uses a unique survey designed by the authors to compare migrant children who enter New Zealand through a random ballot with children in the home country of Tonga whose families were unsuccessful participants in the same ballots. We find that migration increases height and reduces stunting...

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Main Authors:	Stillman, Steven, Gibson, John, McKenzie, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Western Economic Association International 2015
Subjects:	Child health BMI migrant children dietary change income effect
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22145

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spelling	okr-10986-221452021-04-23T14:04:07Z The Impact of Immigration on Child Health : Experimental Evidence from a Migration Lorrery Program Stillman, Steven Gibson, John McKenzie, David Child health BMI migrant children dietary change income effect This paper uses a unique survey designed by the authors to compare migrant children who enter New Zealand through a random ballot with children in the home country of Tonga whose families were unsuccessful participants in the same ballots. We find that migration increases height and reduces stunting of infants and toddlers, but also increases BMI and obesity among 3- to 5-yr-olds. These impacts are quite large even though the average migrant household has been in New Zealand for less than 1 yr. Additional results suggest that these impacts occur because of dietary change rather than direct income effects. 2015-07-13T15:22:48Z 2015-07-13T15:22:48Z 2012-01 Journal Article Economic Inquiry 0095-2583 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22145 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Western Economic Association International Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article East Asia and Pacific New Zealand Tonga
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description	This paper uses a unique survey designed by the authors to compare migrant children who enter New Zealand through a random ballot with children in the home country of Tonga whose families were unsuccessful participants in the same ballots. We find that migration increases height and reduces stunting of infants and toddlers, but also increases BMI and obesity among 3- to 5-yr-olds. These impacts are quite large even though the average migrant household has been in New Zealand for less than 1 yr. Additional results suggest that these impacts occur because of dietary change rather than direct income effects.
format	Journal Article
author	Stillman, Steven Gibson, John McKenzie, David
author_facet	Stillman, Steven Gibson, John McKenzie, David
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title	The Impact of Immigration on Child Health : Experimental Evidence from a Migration Lorrery Program
title_short	The Impact of Immigration on Child Health : Experimental Evidence from a Migration Lorrery Program
title_full	The Impact of Immigration on Child Health : Experimental Evidence from a Migration Lorrery Program
title_fullStr	The Impact of Immigration on Child Health : Experimental Evidence from a Migration Lorrery Program
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of Immigration on Child Health : Experimental Evidence from a Migration Lorrery Program
title_sort	impact of immigration on child health : experimental evidence from a migration lorrery program
publisher	Western Economic Association International
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22145
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The Impact of Immigration on Child Health : Experimental Evidence from a Migration Lorrery Program

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