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Title | Internal migration and rural service provision in northern Ghana |
Author | Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie |
ORCID | http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7186-9270 Wouterse, Fleur |
Year | 2010 |
Abstract | This paper uses a two-stage conditional maximum likelihood procedure and new data from Ghana to identify the determinants of rural-urban migration at the individual, household and community levels, with a particular focus on rural services. The econometric evidence supports the theoretical expectation that human-capital and network variables as well as assets are important determinants of migration. Taking the possible endogeneity of rural services into account, the evidence suggests that rural service improvements aimed at reducing economic isolation can enhance labor mobility and free up on-farm labor for migration by lowering transaction costs. |
Series Name | IFPRI Discussion Paper |
Series Number | 952 |
Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
Place of publication | Washington, D.C. |
Language | English |
Record Type | Discussion paper |
Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR | Non-PR |
Subject - country location |
GHANA WEST AFRICA AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA AFRICA |
Subject - keywords |
Rural-urban migration rural services Development strategies |
IFPRI Descriptors |
IFPRI1 GRP32 |
IFPRI Division |
DSGD KCID WCAO |
Access Rights | Open Access |
Display Notes | Effective January 2007, the Discussion Paper series within each division and the Director General's Office of IFPRI were merged into one IFPRI-wide Discussion Paper series. The new series begins with number 00689, reflecting the prior publication of 688 discussion papers within the dispersed series. The earlier series are available on IFPRI's website at http://www.ifpri.org/category/publication-type/discussion-papers. |
LOC call number | IFPRIDP00952 |
Physical description | 17 pages |
Times cited-- Google Scholar | http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=5631977190652997566&as_sdt=20005&sciodt=0,9&hl=en |
RePEc Downloads | https://ideas.repec.org/p/fpr/ifprid/952.html |
Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
CONTENTdm file name | 593.cpd |
Date cataloged | 2016-09-07 |
Date modified | 2016-09-07 |
OCLC number | 861347784 |
CONTENTdm number | 592 |
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Title | ifpridp00952 25 |
Access Rights | Open Access |
Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
CONTENTdm file name | 589.pdfpage |
Date cataloged | 2015-03-06 |
Date modified | 2015-03-06 |
CONTENTdm number | 588 |
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