Seasonal Migration to Mitigate Income Seasonality : Evidence from Bangladesh

In north-west Bangladesh, some 36 per cent of poor households migrate every year during the lean (monga) period to cope with seasonal deprivation. Analysis of household survey data shows that the probability of seasonal migration is high for households with a high dependency ratio, high dependency o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Khandker, Shahidur R., Baqui Khalily, M. A., Samad, Hussain A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13339