Determinants of migration among rural youth throughout the world

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dc.creatorde Brauw, Alan
dc.date2019-12-30
dc.date2024-06-21T09:08:35Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:08:35Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:39:10Z
dc.descriptionThe decision of whether to migrate or not is one of several important decisions made by young men and women throughout the developing world. This paper uses panel data from five countries in Asia and Africa to examine the determinants of rural youth migration across five different countries, indirectly testing both broad and specific hypotheses related to migration. It finds that individual characteristics are more important determinants of migration than household or village characteristics. Further, it finds little evidence that credit constraints or relative deprivation are correlated with migration, holding other things constant. The difference between this result and those found in the literature regarding credit constraints implies credit constraints are geographically concentrated. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications for migration influenced policy regarding youth, including the need for more and better migration data.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146749
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110652
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133431
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153535
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292970_05
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcede Brauw, Alan. 2019. Determinants of migration among rural youth throughout the world. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1898. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146749
dc.subjectrural youth
dc.subjectconstraints
dc.subjectyouth
dc.subjectcredit constraints
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectcredit
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.titleDeterminants of migration among rural youth throughout the world
dc.typeWorking Paper

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