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Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey

The review of economics and statistics, 2011-08 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey
Author: Beegle, Kathleen ; De Weerdt, Joachim ; Dercon, Stefan
Subjects: Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts ; Economic Development ; Economic Development: Human Resources ; General Migration J110 ; General Welfare I310 ; Housing ; Human Development ; Income Distribution ; Infrastructure O180 ; Migration O150 ; Neighborhood Characteristics R230 ; Population ; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 ; Regional Labor Markets ; Transportation Economics ; Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs
Is Part Of: The review of economics and statistics, 2011-08
Description: This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using a thirteen-year panel survey, we find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added 36 percentage points to consumption growth. Although moving out of agriculture resulted in much higher growth than staying in agriculture, growth was always greater in any sector if the individual physically moved. As to why more people do not move given the high returns to geographical mobility, analysis finds evidence consistent with models in which exit barriers set by home communities prevent the migration of some categories of people.
Publisher: MIT Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0034-6535
EISSN: 1530-9142
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00105
Source: Open Knowledge Repository

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Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey

CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank ;ISSN: 0034-6535 ;EISSN: 1530-9142 ;DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00105

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