Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia?
In this paper, we use a unique panel dataset of tracked migrants and non-migrants that originate from 18 villages in Ethiopia to examine the welfare impacts of internal migration. Using a number of techniques and various objective and subjective measures, we measure the impacts of migration on the w...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | de Brauw, Alan Mueller, Valerie Woldehanna, Tassew |
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| description | In this paper, we use a unique panel dataset of tracked migrants and non-migrants that originate from 18 villages in Ethiopia to examine the welfare impacts of internal migration. Using a number of techniques and various objective and subjective measures, we measure the impacts of migration on the welfare of migrants versus non-migrants. We find large gains to objective welfare measures such as consumption, around 110 percent. Gains are larger among male and urban migrants. Howev-er, we also find that relative to household heads subjective welfare measures are similar for migrants. The large welfare gains to migration 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 | CGSpace1535352025-11-06T06:52:19Z Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia? de Brauw, Alan Mueller, Valerie Woldehanna, Tassew migration living standards surveys In this paper, we use a unique panel dataset of tracked migrants and non-migrants that originate from 18 villages in Ethiopia to examine the welfare impacts of internal migration. Using a number of techniques and various objective and subjective measures, we measure the impacts of migration on the welfare of migrants versus non-migrants. We find large gains to objective welfare measures such as consumption, around 110 percent. Gains are larger among male and urban migrants. Howev-er, we also find that relative to household heads subjective welfare measures are similar for migrants. The large welfare gains to migration 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. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:33Z 2024-10-01T13:56:33Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153535 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute de Brauw, Alan; Mueller, Valerie; Woldehanna, Tassew. 2013. Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia? ESSP Working Paper 55. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153535 |
| spellingShingle | migration living standards surveys 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 | migration living standards surveys |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153535 |
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