This paper examines the impact of agrarian structures on the migration behavior and destination of rural household … heads and individuals in Kenya. To explore the complexity of migration we extend the standard Harris-Todaro framework to … also consider rural-to-rural migration. Using logistic regressions, we show that Kenyan household heads born in districts …

from Romania, a country facing both rapid aging and out-migration, and building upon a family altruism framework, this …The combined demographic developments of population aging and high rates of migration of young adults are consequential … while those migrating within Romania are more likely to provide instrumental support. Regardless of type of support or …

We examine environmental factors as potential determinants of international migration. We distinguish between … on a simple neo-classical model we use a panel dataset of bilateral migration flows for the period 1960-2000, the time … whole, we find little direct impact of climatic change on international migration in the medium to long run across our …

Migration from rural to urban areas is common in many low- and middle-income countries. However, temporary migration … to migrate temporarily to other rural areas, rather than to urban areas where wages are higher. Temporary migration is … negativity. The notion that migration is primarily a rural-urban move needs re-evaluation. …