Moving to Opportunity : Successful Integration or Bright Lights?

Economists have long argued that migration decisions are motivated by the possibility of earning higher wages. But since many migrants don't find jobs after moving, is this attraction irrational? This paper, using census data from Brazil, examines the causes and consequences of internal migrati...

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Main Authors:	Lall, Somik V., Timmins, Christopher, Yuer, Shouyue
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2009
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9174

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spelling	okr-10986-91742021-04-23T14:02:44Z Moving to Opportunity : Successful Integration or Bright Lights? Lall, Somik V. Timmins, Christopher Yuer, Shouyue World Development Report 2009 Economists have long argued that migration decisions are motivated by the possibility of earning higher wages. But since many migrants don't find jobs after moving, is this attraction irrational? This paper, using census data from Brazil, examines the causes and consequences of internal migration. It finds that many poor/ uneducated people are pushed to migrate as they do not get access to basic services such as health care and clean water in their hometowns, and these migrants have lower chances of assimilating into destination labor markets. Policies that improve human capital and social services in lagging regions are likely to be useful for individual migrants. 2012-06-26T15:40:28Z 2012-06-26T15:40:28Z 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9174 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Latin America & Caribbean
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description	Economists have long argued that migration decisions are motivated by the possibility of earning higher wages. But since many migrants don't find jobs after moving, is this attraction irrational? This paper, using census data from Brazil, examines the causes and consequences of internal migration. It finds that many poor/ uneducated people are pushed to migrate as they do not get access to basic services such as health care and clean water in their hometowns, and these migrants have lower chances of assimilating into destination labor markets. Policies that improve human capital and social services in lagging regions are likely to be useful for individual migrants.
author	Lall, Somik V. Timmins, Christopher Yuer, Shouyue
author_facet	Lall, Somik V. Timmins, Christopher Yuer, Shouyue
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title	Moving to Opportunity : Successful Integration or Bright Lights?
title_short	Moving to Opportunity : Successful Integration or Bright Lights?
title_full	Moving to Opportunity : Successful Integration or Bright Lights?
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title_full_unstemmed	Moving to Opportunity : Successful Integration or Bright Lights?
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