Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia?
Standard economic models suggest that individuals participate in migration to improve their well-being, whether those decisions are made at the individual or the household level. However, explicit and implicit barriers to movement both within and between countries can hinder migration, potentially a...
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| author | de Brauw, Alan Mueller, Valerie Woldehanna, Tassew |
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| description | Standard economic models suggest that individuals participate in migration to improve their well-being, whether those decisions are made at the individual or the household level. However, explicit and implicit barriers to movement both within and between countries can hinder migration, potentially affecting welfare improvement. In this article, we use a unique panel dataset of tracked migrants and non-migrants that originate from 18 peasant associations in Ethiopia to examine the welfare impacts of internal migration. Using several techniques, we measure the association of migration with improved welfare among migrants relative non-migrants. We find that migrant welfare improves in a number of different ways; their non-food consumption rises by at least 145%, and we find that migrants also have improved diets relative to non-migrants. Gains are larger among male and urban migrants, as well as migrants who left a longer time in the past. The large welfare contribution of migration, conditional on migrating for employment, suggest that barriers exist, even within countries such as Ethiopia, against the free movement of people to places where they would be objectively better off. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1467952025-02-24T06:48:58Z Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia? de Brauw, Alan Mueller, Valerie Woldehanna, Tassew income internally displaced persons household surveys non-food products welfare living standards migration diet Standard economic models suggest that individuals participate in migration to improve their well-being, whether those decisions are made at the individual or the household level. However, explicit and implicit barriers to movement both within and between countries can hinder migration, potentially affecting welfare improvement. In this article, we use a unique panel dataset of tracked migrants and non-migrants that originate from 18 peasant associations in Ethiopia to examine the welfare impacts of internal migration. Using several techniques, we measure the association of migration with improved welfare among migrants relative non-migrants. We find that migrant welfare improves in a number of different ways; their non-food consumption rises by at least 145%, and we find that migrants also have improved diets relative to non-migrants. Gains are larger among male and urban migrants, as well as migrants who left a longer time in the past. The large welfare contribution of migration, conditional on migrating for employment, suggest that barriers exist, even within countries such as Ethiopia, against the free movement of people to places where they would be objectively better off. 2018-01-10 2024-06-21T09:08:47Z 2024-06-21T09:08:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146795 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153320 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153535 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-100518-093906 Open Access Oxford University Press de Brauw, Alan; Mueller, Valerie; and Woldehanna, Tassew. 2018. Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia? Journal of African Economies 27(3): 347-365. https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejx026 |
| spellingShingle | income internally displaced persons household surveys non-food products welfare living standards migration diet de Brauw, Alan Mueller, Valerie Woldehanna, Tassew Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia? |
| title | Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia? |
| title_full | Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia? |
| title_fullStr | Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia? |
| title_short | Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia? |
| title_sort | does internal migration improve overall well being in ethiopia |
| topic | income internally displaced persons household surveys non-food products welfare living standards migration diet |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146795 |
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