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education on both the incidence and timing of internal migration. In addition, for the first time in literature, we provide … causal effects of education on migration by reason for migration. We find that while education substantially increases the … incidence of migration among men, there is no evidence of an effect among women. Women, however, become more likely to migrate …
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While land reforms are typically pursued in order to raise productivity and reduce inequality across households, an unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analyse a tenancy registration programme in West Bengal, and find that it increased child survival...
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This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A …
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Like most other developing countries, China experiences huge migration outflows from rural areas. Their most striking … destination areas. In this paper, we show that this temporary feature of migration can be linked to land rights insecurity. As … village land ownership remains collective and as land use rights can be periodically reallocated, individual out-migration can …
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China has been experiencing two major demographic sea changes since the late 1970s: (i) Internal migration, primarily …. The basic question posed in this paper is: How are aging and migration related in post-reform China? We argue that there … of migration, but out- (in-) migration shifts the origin's (destination's) age distribution. We examine theoretically and …
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Migration and stratification are increasingly intertwined. One day soon it will be impossible to understand one without … migration is about improving life chances – getting more of the good things of life. To examine the interconnections of … migration and stratification, we address a mix of old and new questions, carrying out analyses newly enabled by a unique new …
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Antalya and Muğla provinces located in southwestern Turkey have emerged as the new magnets for internal migration in … of the gravity model. The factors that affect the migration to Antalya and Muğla seem to be the same and their effects on … services sector, appear as the main attraction fueling this migration. Surprisingly, the pleasant climates of the two provinces …
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the presence of different migration regimes, as well as the possibility of reverse causality between welfare spending and …
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With worldwide migration becoming increasingly prevalent in policy agendas over the past several decades, understanding …
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assimilation in terms of fertility. Our analysis does not show any sharp discontinuity by age at migration as sometimes observed on … between age of migration and immigrant fertility, with those migrating in their late teens having the highest fertility rates …
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