Traditional economic models predict rural to urban migration during the structural transformation of an economy. In … middle-income countries, it is less clear which direction of migration to expect. In this article, the author shows that in …

This article studies the role of rainfall in determining the education composition of Mexico-US migration. Emphasizing … the relationship between rainfall and migration costs, a revised Roy model indicates that rainfall affects selection on … education through not only households' liquidity constraints but also the comparisons between changes in migration costs and …

This paper investigates the migration behavior of rural-urban migrants within Vietnam. It focuses on the length and … intensity of migration and its respective determinants. The analysis uses panel data of 2200 rural households and data from a … length of migration is also observed among migrants and households with higher human capital. Furthermore, a decreased income …