Should Parents Work Away from or Close to Home? : The Effect of Parental Absence on Children’s Time Use in Vietnam

Working away from home might bring higher earnings than working near home. However, the absence of parents due to work can have unexpected effects on children. This paper examines the effects of the absence of parents due to work on time allocation of children aged 5–8 years old in Vietnam. The pape...

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Main Authors:	Cuong, Nguyen Viet, Linh, Vu Hoang
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2016
Subjects:	parental absence migration children impact evaluation early childhood education
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23556

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spelling	okr-10986-235562021-04-23T14:04:16Z Should Parents Work Away from or Close to Home? : The Effect of Parental Absence on Children’s Time Use in Vietnam Cuong, Nguyen Viet Linh, Vu Hoang parental absence migration children impact evaluation early childhood education Working away from home might bring higher earnings than working near home. However, the absence of parents due to work can have unexpected effects on children. This paper examines the effects of the absence of parents due to work on time allocation of children aged 5–8 years old in Vietnam. The paper relies on fixed-effects regression and panel data from the Young Lives surveys in 2007 and 2009. It finds that children with parental absence tend to spend less time on home study but more time on leisure and playing. The effect of mother absence on home study of children is higher than the effect of father absence. Moreover, children with mother absence are more likely to do housework than other children. This finding highlights the important role of mothers in taking care of children in terms of both education and housework. 2016-01-05T16:13:15Z 2016-01-05T16:13:15Z 2015-11-02 Journal Article Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 1945-2829 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23556 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Vietnam
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description	Working away from home might bring higher earnings than working near home. However, the absence of parents due to work can have unexpected effects on children. This paper examines the effects of the absence of parents due to work on time allocation of children aged 5–8 years old in Vietnam. The paper relies on fixed-effects regression and panel data from the Young Lives surveys in 2007 and 2009. It finds that children with parental absence tend to spend less time on home study but more time on leisure and playing. The effect of mother absence on home study of children is higher than the effect of father absence. Moreover, children with mother absence are more likely to do housework than other children. This finding highlights the important role of mothers in taking care of children in terms of both education and housework.
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author	Cuong, Nguyen Viet Linh, Vu Hoang
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title	Should Parents Work Away from or Close to Home? : The Effect of Parental Absence on Children’s Time Use in Vietnam
title_short	Should Parents Work Away from or Close to Home? : The Effect of Parental Absence on Children’s Time Use in Vietnam
title_full	Should Parents Work Away from or Close to Home? : The Effect of Parental Absence on Children’s Time Use in Vietnam
title_fullStr	Should Parents Work Away from or Close to Home? : The Effect of Parental Absence on Children’s Time Use in Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed	Should Parents Work Away from or Close to Home? : The Effect of Parental Absence on Children’s Time Use in Vietnam
title_sort	should parents work away from or close to home? : the effect of parental absence on children’s time use in vietnam
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Should Parents Work Away from or Close to Home? : The Effect of Parental Absence on Children’s Time Use in Vietnam

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