, the authors study the effect of migration on urbanization in South Africa. While they find that on average there is no … populations. Overall, the evidence suggests that exogenous migration shocks can foster urbanization in the medium run …Although Africa has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades, we know little about the process of urbanization …

There is a widespread policy view that a lack of job opportunities at home is a key reason for migration, accompanied … by suggestions of the need to spend more on creating these opportunities to reduce migration. Self-employment is … descriptively examine the relationship between migration and self-employment, finding that the self-employed are indeed less likely …

This study examines the asset gains to households in Kerala, India, from two types of labor migration: moving overseas …

This paper provides the first systematic analysis of migration to, within, and from Libya. The data used in the … analysis are from the Displacement Tracking Matrix data set of the International Organization for Migration. The analysis uses … this unique source of data, combining several techniques to analyze various dimensions of migration in Libya. First, the …