Effects of Youth Rural-Urban Migration on the Socioeconomic Aspects of Migrant-Sending Rural Households; The Case of Yaya Gulale Woreda
Youth migration is becoming a worldwide pandemic. In developing countries like Ethiopia rural-urban migration is continuing to occur at high levels as people seek new opportunities in the city to escape from rural poverty. Young people leave their villages and even their countries because of the limited potential for development inside their community. The effects of this exodus of youth can simultaneously affect development in both urban and rural areas. To this end, this study was conducted to assess the effects of youth rural-urban migration on the socio-economic aspects of migrant-sending rural households. In order to generate extensive data, the study was employed a cross-sectional qualitative research design. Study participants were selected via purposive and snowball sampling techniques. Both primary and secondary data were employed; in-depth interviews, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions were used to collect first-hand information from study participants. Data generated through different data collection instruments triangulated for their reliability and validity purpose and analyzed by using thematic analysis. Finding from this study reveals that youth rural-urban migration is a burden as well as the opportunity for migrant-sending rural households. Hence, the outflows of economically active people from the rural agricultural sector reduce the availability of labor force migrant households are experiencing a shortage of labor which adversely affects their productivity. Moreover, rural youth migration puts the life of rural elderly parents at risky as much as it takes away the caregivers thereby exposes them to loneliness and depression. On the other side, youth rural outmigration is an opportunity for migrant-sending households as much as the money sent back from migrants helped families left behind in improving their livelihood. It is recommended that in order to minimize the rate of rural youth migration social amenities should be provided by the government and awareness should be given to migrant households on the best use of remittance to maximize its long-term benefits
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[2021]
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Authors: | Dadi, Jambo |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Landflucht | Rural-urban migration | Privater Haushalt | Household | Jugendliche | Youth | Binnenwanderung | Internal migration | Ländlicher Raum | Rural area | Stadt-Land-Beziehungen | Rural-urban relations |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (15 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments April 28, 2021 erstellt |
Other identifiers: | 10.2139/ssrn.3836141 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013230443
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