Russian Empire. We propose that this dramatic migration was rooted in institutional changes initiated by the 1906 Stolypin … conditions in the reform area. However, this titling reform increased land liquidity and actually promoted migration by easing … sizeable effect on migration. To verify the land liquidity effect, we exploit variation in the number of households …

This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A …

In this paper we study the impact of tenure security on rural to urban migration of household members over the age of … lower probability of migration in rural Tanzania. This result is consistent with the idea that better property rights over … security is a key policy concern in curbing rural - urban migration at early stages of development. …