Internal Migration and Vulnerability to Poverty in Tanzania

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Main author: Pietrelli, Rebecca
Other authors: Scaramozzino, Pasquale
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id eprints-30024
recordtype eprints
institution SOAS, University of London
collection SOAS Research Online
language English
language_search English
topic H Social Sciences (General)
HA Statistics
description This paper investigates whether migration reduced household vulnerability to poverty for a panel of households from the Kagera region in Tanzania over the period 2004-2010. The potential endogeneity of migration is controlled by both matching methods and an exogenous variation: a severe drought in 2008-09 which affected the areas of the country with a bimodal rain season, but not those with a unimodal rain season. Migration reduced vulnerability to basic needs and to food consumption poverty only for families which experienced migration to unimodal regions. The evidence supports the view that migration served as an effective risk management strategy for households.
format Journal Article
author Pietrelli, Rebecca
author_facet Pietrelli, Rebecca
Scaramozzino, Pasquale
authorStr Pietrelli, Rebecca
author_letter Pietrelli, Rebecca
author2 Scaramozzino, Pasquale
author2Str Scaramozzino, Pasquale
title Internal Migration and Vulnerability to Poverty in Tanzania
publisher Wiley
publishDate 2019
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/30024/

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