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The role of spatial inequalities on youth migration decisions: Empirical evidence from Nigeria

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Title The role of spatial inequalities on youth migration decisions: Empirical evidence from Nigeria
 
Creator Amare, Mulubrhan
Abay, Kibrom A.
Chamberlin, Jordan
 
Subject data
data analysis
destinations
development policies
economics
educational opportunities
labour
land
land access
migration
migrants
provenance
remote sensing
welfare
 
Description We combine nationally representative data from Nigeria with spatiotemporal data from remote sensing and other sources to study how young migrants respond to observable characteristics of potential destinations, both in absolute terms and relative to origin locations. Migrants prefer destinations with better welfare, land availability and intensity of economic activity. We also find that migrants prefer shorter distances and those destinations with better urban amenities and infrastructure. However, responses vary by type of migrant and migration. For example, rural-rural migrants are more responsive to land availability and agricultural potential, while rural-urban and urban-urban migrants are more responsive to welfare and economic vibrancy (measured by nightlight intensity) in destinations. Distance induces varying impact on migration choices of poor and non-poor migrants as well as across more educated and less educated migrants. Longer distances discourage migration for female migrants, poorer migrants and less educated migrant while the implication for the non-poor and more educated migrants appears to be negligible. This is intuitive because poorer and less educated migrants have liquidity constraints to finance high migration costs. Our results suggest potential scope for predicting how labor mobility responds to alternative regional development policies.
 
Date 2023-01-10
2023-01-17T21:19:22Z
2023-01-17T21:19:22Z
 
Type Working Paper
 
Identifier Amare, Mulubrhan; Abay, Kibrom A.; and Chamberlin, Jordan. 2023. The role of spatial inequalities on youth migration decisions: Empirical evidence from Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2160. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136528
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127351
https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136528
 
Language en
 
Relation IFPRI Discussion Paper
 
Rights All rights reserved; no re-use allowed
Open Access
 
Format 33 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute