Moving out and up : panel data evidence on migration and poverty in Uganda (English)

This paper examines the relationship between spatial and economic mobility in Uganda using longitudinal data from 2005 through 2012. The study relies on a detailed panel tracking survey and exploits exogenous variation in the spatial intensity of violent conflict, rainfall shocks, distance from the regional capital, and ethnic networks in urban areas. The analysis finds significant welfare gains of 58 percentage points due to migration. However, the...

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Mensah,Edouard Romeo;

O'Sullivan,Michael B.;
Document Date
2017/09/07
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8186
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Uganda,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2017/09/07
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Moving out and up : panel data evidence on migration and poverty in Uganda
Keywords
work migrant

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Mensah,Edouard Romeo; O'Sullivan,Michael B..

Moving out and up : panel data evidence on migration and poverty in Uganda (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8186 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/652901504804730871

Moving out and up : panel data evidence on migration and poverty in Uganda (English)

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