Decomposing the Contribution of Migration to Poverty Reduction : Methodology and Application to Tanzania

In an economy with migration, poverty changes are composed of a number of forces, including the income gains and losses realized by the various migration streams. We present a simple but powerful decomposition methodology that uses panel data to measure the contributions of different migration strea...

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Main Authors:	Christiaensen, Luc, De Weerdt, Joachim, Kanbur, Ravi
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2019
Subjects:	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INTERNAL MIGRATION URBANIZATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY INDICES
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31545

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spelling	okr-10986-315452021-05-25T10:54:37Z Decomposing the Contribution of Migration to Poverty Reduction : Methodology and Application to Tanzania Christiaensen, Luc De Weerdt, Joachim Kanbur, Ravi HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INTERNAL MIGRATION URBANIZATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY INDICES In an economy with migration, poverty changes are composed of a number of forces, including the income gains and losses realized by the various migration streams. We present a simple but powerful decomposition methodology that uses panel data to measure the contributions of different migration streams to overall poverty change. An application to Tanzania shows the new insights that are provided – in particular on the role of migration to secondary towns in poverty reduction. 2019-04-15T16:17:20Z 2019-04-15T16:17:20Z 2019 Journal Article Applied Economics Letters 1350-4851 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31545 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Tanzania
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topic	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INTERNAL MIGRATION URBANIZATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY INDICES
spellingShingle	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INTERNAL MIGRATION URBANIZATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY INDICES Christiaensen, Luc De Weerdt, Joachim Kanbur, Ravi Decomposing the Contribution of Migration to Poverty Reduction : Methodology and Application to Tanzania
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description	In an economy with migration, poverty changes are composed of a number of forces, including the income gains and losses realized by the various migration streams. We present a simple but powerful decomposition methodology that uses panel data to measure the contributions of different migration streams to overall poverty change. An application to Tanzania shows the new insights that are provided – in particular on the role of migration to secondary towns in poverty reduction.
format	Journal Article
author	Christiaensen, Luc De Weerdt, Joachim Kanbur, Ravi
author_facet	Christiaensen, Luc De Weerdt, Joachim Kanbur, Ravi
author_sort	Christiaensen, Luc
title	Decomposing the Contribution of Migration to Poverty Reduction : Methodology and Application to Tanzania
title_short	Decomposing the Contribution of Migration to Poverty Reduction : Methodology and Application to Tanzania
title_full	Decomposing the Contribution of Migration to Poverty Reduction : Methodology and Application to Tanzania
title_fullStr	Decomposing the Contribution of Migration to Poverty Reduction : Methodology and Application to Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed	Decomposing the Contribution of Migration to Poverty Reduction : Methodology and Application to Tanzania
title_sort	decomposing the contribution of migration to poverty reduction : methodology and application to tanzania
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2019
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31545
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Decomposing the Contribution of Migration to Poverty Reduction : Methodology and Application to Tanzania

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