Using uncertainty about the future returns to migration, the option value theory of migration can explain low migration … in the 1990s, we use information on the stage of the application process, migration intentions and ethnicity to construct … close proxies for the option value of postponing migration and for migration costs. The link between the two is shown to be …

population) and out-migration is lower the poorer and the less unequal the village of residence. …

Migration decisions to urban areas that are backed by economic rationale and attempts to understand gains accruing to … individuals from migration, in terms of poverty outcomes are analysed. The analysis is based on the 55th round survey data on …

The rapid and massive increase of rural-to-urban migration in China has drawn attention to the welfare of migrant …

A new framework for understanding migration as a series of phases, defining categories of people affected by migration …

Return migration and health has received little attention in policy and research. This article will focus on the risk … factors and social determinants of health during all phases of migration that can impact the health of returnees. It will … highlight the diversity of returning migrants and illustrate through examples how return migration can influence the health of …

intervention opportunities that can occur throughout the migration process, and points to the potential benefits of policymaking …

migration. The essential question is whether, in times to come, these four countries could be the new engines of growth for the …

In India, migration from rural areas is an important issue that is gaining more significance year after year. Moreover …, the extent, nature, characteristics and pattern of migration have been evolving over time. In fact, the growing part of … the migration taking place is seasonal and cyclical in nature. Seasonal or short duration migration is certainly not a new …