highlight the importance of migration to urban sectors in the analysis. Empirical results show that human capital in the …

of China's institutional barriers to migration, regional inequality is much higher than in India. Also, China …

"Migration can serve as an outlet for employment, higher earnings, and reduced income risk for households in developing … future research in the areas of migration and social protection in India." from authors' abstract …

transition to nonagricultural labor markets depend on the distance to economic centers and the household education level. In … particular, postprimary education significantly increases the benefit from local spatial connectivity improvement in remote areas … and promotes labor transition to nonagricultural sectors. Education and local road quality are complementary, mutually …

"Most investigations into the importance and determinants of adult cognitive skills assume that (1) they are produced … collected in Guatemala over 35 years to investigate production functions for adult cognitive skills—that is, reading …-comprehension skills and nonverbal cognitive skills—as being dependent on behaviorally determined preschooling, schooling, and post …

investigates the causes of South Africa's persistent schooling imbalances, examining education laws and policies, as well as other … influences on human capital investment. The study finds that inaccessibility of quality education, resulting from a lack of … illness resulting from the HIV/AIDS epidemic can disrupt the education of adolescents, who might need to leave school to care …

While an emerging literature cites weather shocks as major determinants of migration, scant evidence exists on how such … migration impacts the labor markets of receiving communities in developing countries. We address this knowledge gap by … investigating the impact of weather-driven internal migration on labor markets in a post-conflict country, Nepal, using household …

The role of migration in reducing poverty in developing countries has been investigated mainly from the perspective of … (Tanzania) traced between 1991 and 2004 have been affected by massive refugee inflows to assess how migration may affect poverty …