This paper summarizes the study design of the Rural–Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI) project. We first … discuss the overall distribution of migrants in Indonesia and the selection of survey cities. Next, we describe the process of … identifying the migration status of each household in the sampling frame, using a presurvey listing. This is followed by a …

after the incentive is removed. The migration rate is 10 percentage points higher in treatment areas a year later, and three … re-migration, and by conducting a new experiment with a migration insurance treatment. We document several pieces of …

migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where … look at the geography of migration across US counties in the 48 continental states. We then link this settlement pattern of … number of factors which may have influenced both the location of migrants at the time of migration, as well as for the …

able to explain the downward trend in east to west migration using wage and unemployment information. Convergence in hourly … unemployment rate was at least double the western rate of 7.8%. One would expect that if capital flows and trade in goods failed to …

This paper models how migration both influences and responds to differences in disease prevalence between cities …, regions and countries, and show how the possibility of migration away from high-prevalence areas affects long-run steady state … disease prevalence. We develop a dynamic framework where both migration and prevention behaviour respond to the prevalence of …

This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania …. Using a 13-year panel survey, the authors find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added 36 percentage points to … always greater in any sector if the individual physically moved. As to why more people do not move give high returns to …

infection and can take migration decisions before their health status is publicly observable. In a 2-period model we study under … which conditions the presence of quarantine measures may lead to inefficient outcomes as individuals' interest in migration …

determined both the attractiveness of different US counties at the time of migration, as well as current levels of development …. The results indicate that while there is a strong and positive impact associated with overall migration, the national …