Determinants of Choice of Migration Destination

Determinants of Choice of Migration Destination

Internal migration plays an important role in moderating regional differences in well-being. This paper analyzes migrants' choice of destination, using Census and Living Standard Surveys data from Nepal. The paper examines how the choice of a...

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Main Authors:	Fafchamps, Marcel, Shilpi, Forhad
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCURATE INFORMATION ADULT POPULATION AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS ALTERNATIVE DESTINATION ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS ASSET ACCUMULATION AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME LEVEL AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME CALCULATION CALCULATIONS CHECKS CHILD LABOR CONGESTION CONSUMER CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION LEVELS CROSS-SECTION DATA CULTURAL CHANGE DATA SET DELIVERY COSTS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DISCRIMINATION DRINKING WATER EARNINGS EARNINGS INEQUALITY ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRIC MODEL ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION EDUCATED INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL ESTIMATION EMPIRICAL MODEL ETHNIC GROUP EXPECTED UTILITY EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FEWER PEOPLE FINANCIAL SUPPORT HEALTH CARE HIGH CONCENTRATION HOMEOWNERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN SETTLEMENT IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS INCOME INCOME DATA INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DIFFERENTIALS INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECT INCOME LEVEL INCOME REGRESSIONS INCOME TRENDS INCOME VARIABLES INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFLUX OF REFUGEES INFRASTRUCTURES INSURANCE INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOB SEARCH LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LARGE FIRMS LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LOG INCOME LOW INCOME MARITAL STATUS MEASUREMENT ERROR MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOW MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION ISSUES MIGRATION PROCESS MIXED USE MOBILITY NEGATIVE CORRELATION NEGATIVE SIGN NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NUMBER OF MIGRANTS PATH DEPENDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DENSITY POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE EFFECT PRICE DIFFERENTIALS PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SERVICES QUESTIONNAIRE REFUGEES REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGRESSION RESULTS RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCOMES RELATIVE POSITION REMITTANCES RISK AVERSE ROAD ROADS RURAL AREAS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SOCIAL INSURANCE STATE UNIVERSITY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TRANSPORT TRAVEL TIME TRUE UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN MIGRATION URBANIZATION VALUABLE WAGES WAR WORTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9887423/determinants-choice-migration-destination http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6949

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Summary:	Internal migration plays an important role in moderating regional differences in well-being. This paper analyzes migrants' choice of destination, using Census and Living Standard Surveys data from Nepal. The paper examines how the choice of a migration destination is influenced by income differentials, distance, population density, social proximity, and amenities. The study finds population density and social proximity to have a strong significant effect: migrants move primarily to high population density areas where many people share their language and ethnic background. Better access to amenities is significant as well. Differentials in expected income and consumption expenditures across districts are found to be relatively less important in determining migration destination choice as their effects are smaller in magnitude than those of other determinants. The results of the study suggest that an improvement in amenities (such as the availability of paved roads) at the origin could slow down out-migration substantially.

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