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Outmigration and labor mobility issues in Moldova by Masotti, M.

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Labor Mobility from Academe to Commerce by Zucker, Lynne, Darby, Michael, Torero, Máximo

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Outmigration and labor mobility issues and policies in Nepal by Kharel, A., Sugden, F., Gupta, S.

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Internal migration and agricultural labor mobility issues and policies in Ethiopia by Dessalegn, Mengistu

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Migration, labor mobility and household poverty in Nigeria: A gender analysis by Rufai, Mistura, Ogunniyi, Adebayo, Salman, Kabir Kayode, Oyeyemi, Motunrayo, Salawu, Mutiat

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Farm-nonfarm labor mobility in rural Bangladesh: Intersectoral shift or intergenerational occupational choice? by Dorosh, Paul A., Sen, Binayak, van Asselt, Joanna, Ahmed, Mansur

“…The paper argues that much of the farm-nonfarm labor mobility in rural Bangladesh is in nature an intergenerational occupational choice-induced change rather than a sectoral shift within the current generation. …”
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Internal migration and labor mobility issues and policies in China: how has the Covid-19 pandemic affected the status quo? by Fengbo, C., Qianyun, Z.

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Internal migration and rural service provision in northern Ghana by Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie

“…Taking the possible endogeneity of rural services into account, the evidence suggests that rural service improvements aimed at reducing economic isolation can enhance labor mobility and free up on-farm labor for migration by lowering transaction costs.…”
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The role of spatial inequalities on youth migration decisions: Empirical evidence from Nigeria by Amare, Mulubrhan, Abay, Kibrom A., Chamberlin, Jordan

“…Our results suggest potential scope for predicting how labor mobility responds to alternative regional development policies.…”
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Onset risk and draft animal investment in Nigeria by Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…With credit and insurance market failure, poor access to weather-related information, and high labor mobility costs, high and increasing onset risk may affect farmers’ demand for farm mechanization. …”
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Evolution of agricultural mechanization in Thailand by Cramb, Rob, Thepent, Viboon

“…It is argued that rapid mechanization resulted from the conjuncture of several key elements from the 1960s to the 1990s—the dominance of smallholders in the landscape, cultivating rice and field crops for both domestic and export markets; dramatic demographic changes, contributing to a growing scarcity of agricultural labor; a boom in manufacturing, drawing labor out of farming; the development of infrastructure, facilitating agricultural commercialization and labor mobility; a technological and business environment encouraging competition among small and medium firms to develop suitable and affordable machines for farmers; and a policy environment broadly supportive of smallholder agriculture, agribusiness, industrial development, and trade. …”
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Mainstreaming the needs of migrant children and sending communities into the rural schools development agenda in Kyrgyzstan by Murzakulova, A., Abdoubaetova, A.

“…The multidimensional impacts of labor mobility are therefore closely intertwined and reflected in problems felt within the school system (lack of teachers and poor academic performance of migrant children). …”
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Ethiopia's spatial and structural transformation: Public policy and drivers of change by Schmidt, Emily, Dorosh, Paul A., Kedir Jemal, Mekamu, Smart, Jenny

“…However, a focus on increasing human capacity and labor mobility will be necessary to ensure that rural farmers are able to take advantage of labor opportunities outside of the agriculture sector. …”
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The rural-urban transformation in Ethiopia by Dorosh, Paul A., Schmidt, Emily

“…Allocation of public investments across sectors and across rural-urban space, together with land policies and various regulations on labor mobility, will be major determinants of the growth path of Ethiopia's economy and the extent of poverty reduction in the coming decade.…”
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