Moving Out and Up : Panel Data Evidence on Migration and Poverty in Uganda
This paper examines the relationship between spatial and economic mobility in Uganda using longitudinal data from 2005 through 2012. The study relies on a detailed panel tracking survey and exploits exogenous variation in the spatial intensity of v...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/652901504804730871/Moving-out-and-up-panel-data-evidence-on-migration-and-poverty-in-Uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28363 |
| Summary: | This paper examines the relationship
between spatial and economic mobility in Uganda using
longitudinal data from 2005 through 2012. The study relies
on a detailed panel tracking survey and exploits exogenous
variation in the spatial intensity of violent conflict,
rainfall shocks, distance from the regional capital, and
ethnic networks in urban areas. The analysis finds
significant welfare gains of 58 percentage points due to
migration. However, the returns to migration vary with the
direction of the move. Moving to a rural destination yields
welfare returns of 56 percentage points; the returns to
urban moves, at 65 percentage points, are markedly higher.
Policies to capture the welfare gains from migration to
cities should focus on further urbanization, the development
of road infrastructure, and investments in education for men
and women in rural areas. |
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