While reasons for out-migration are relatively well understood, little is known about why people return to their rural … origins. We contribute to filling this gap in the literature by using 19-year tracking data from rural Tanzania to estimate … the patterns and determinants of return migration, and we find that return is largely associated with unsuccessful …

’s working hours. Analysis using Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data on the Kagera region in Tanzania lend support to … the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor. …

determinants of investment in a project/enterprise. Second, we study the impact of return migration on the characteristics and …

International migration offers individuals and their families the potential to experience immediate and large gains in … are also concerns about potential costs of migration, including concerns about trafficking and human rights, a desire for … remittances to be used more effectively, and concerns about externalities from skilled workers being lost. As a result there is …