Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey

This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using a thirteen-year panel survey, we find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added 36 percentage points to consumption growth. Although moving out of agriculture resulted in much...

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Main Authors:	Beegle, Kathleen, De Weerdt, Joachim, Dercon, Stefan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	MIT Press 2012
Subjects:	General Welfare I310 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts General Migration J110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development Housing Infrastructure O180 Transportation Economics Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230
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spelling	okr-10986-54012021-04-23T14:02:22Z Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey Beegle, Kathleen De Weerdt, Joachim Dercon, Stefan General Welfare I310 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts General Migration J110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development Housing Infrastructure O180 Transportation Economics Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230 This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using a thirteen-year panel survey, we find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added 36 percentage points to consumption growth. Although moving out of agriculture resulted in much higher growth than staying in agriculture, growth was always greater in any sector if the individual physically moved. As to why more people do not move given the high returns to geographical mobility, analysis finds evidence consistent with models in which exit barriers set by home communities prevent the migration of some categories of people. 2012-03-30T07:32:38Z 2012-03-30T07:32:38Z 2011-08 Journal Article Review of Economics and Statistics 0034-6535 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5401 EN CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank MIT Press Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Tanzania
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topic	General Welfare I310 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts General Migration J110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development Housing Infrastructure O180 Transportation Economics Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230
spellingShingle	General Welfare I310 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts General Migration J110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development Housing Infrastructure O180 Transportation Economics Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230 Beegle, Kathleen De Weerdt, Joachim Dercon, Stefan Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey
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description	This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using a thirteen-year panel survey, we find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added 36 percentage points to consumption growth. Although moving out of agriculture resulted in much higher growth than staying in agriculture, growth was always greater in any sector if the individual physically moved. As to why more people do not move given the high returns to geographical mobility, analysis finds evidence consistent with models in which exit barriers set by home communities prevent the migration of some categories of people.
format	Journal Article
author	Beegle, Kathleen De Weerdt, Joachim Dercon, Stefan
author_facet	Beegle, Kathleen De Weerdt, Joachim Dercon, Stefan
author_sort	Beegle, Kathleen
title	Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey
title_short	Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey
title_full	Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey
title_fullStr	Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey
title_full_unstemmed	Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey
title_sort	migration and economic mobility in tanzania : evidence from a tracking survey
publisher	MIT Press
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Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey

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