Rural Employment, Migration and Economic Development: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Evidence from Africa

Byerlee, Derek; Eicher, Carl K.

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-63663-1_11

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“…For example, although rural residents who migrate to urban settings are among the wealthiest, healthiest, and most educated of the rural population (Byerlee and Eicher 1972), the underdevelopment of rural communities in Haiti may result in them being socioeconomically disadvantaged compared with urban nonmigrants. In rural Haiti, infrastructural provisions—such as schools, health services, and basic amenities (e.g., water, electricity, paved roads)—are scarce.…”

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Exploring Child Mortality Risks Associated with Diverse Patterns of Maternal Migration in Haiti

Smith‐Greenaway

Thomas

2014

Popul Res Policy Rev

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Internal migration is a salient dimension of adulthood in Haiti, particularly among women. Despite the prevalence of migration in Haiti, it remains unknown whether Haitian women’s diverse patterns of migration influence their children’s health and survival. In this paper, we introduce the concept of lateral (i.e., rural-to-rural, urban-to-urban) versus nonlateral (i.e., rural-to-urban, urban-to-rural) migration to describe how some patterns of mothers’ internal migration may be associated with particularly high mortality among children. We use the 2006 Haitian Demographic and Health Survey to estimate a series of discrete-time hazard models among 7,409 rural children and 3,864 urban children. We find that, compared with their peers with nonmigrant mothers, children born to lateral migrants generally experience lower mortality whereas those born to nonlateral migrants generally experience higher mortality. Although there are important distinctions across Haiti’s rural and urban contexts, these associations remain net of socioeconomic factors, suggesting they are not entirely attributable to migrant selection. Considering the timing of maternal migration uncovers even more variation in the child health implications of maternal migration; however, the results counter the standard disruption and adaptation perspective. Although future work is needed to identify the processes underlying the differential risk of child mortality across lateral versus nonlateral migrants, the study demonstrates that looking beyond rural-to-urban migration and considering the timing of maternal migration can provide a fuller, more complex understanding of migration’s association with child health.

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Exploring Child Mortality Risks Associated with Diverse Patterns of Maternal Migration in Haiti

Smith‐Greenaway

Thomas

2014

Popul Res Policy Rev

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“…Recent empirical evidence, however, casts doubt on its validity. The shortage of labour during the peak seasons of agricultural activity contradicts the hypothesis of surplus labour (Byerlee and Eicher, 1972;Lal, 1976). The marked seasonal variation of the wage rate (Ahmed, 1981;India, 1976) and serious fluctuations in the indices of wages for agricultural labourers crosssectionally and over time 20 also fail to support the notion of the wage rate as an institutional datum.…”

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Inverted “S”—The complete neoclassical labour‐supply function

Sharif

2000

International Labour Review

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“…Cependant, des observations empiriques récentes remettent en cause la validité de cette théorie. La pénurie de main-d'oeuvre pendant la haute saison de l'activité agricole contredit l'hypothèse d'un excédent de main-d'oeuvre (Byerlee et Eicher, 1972;Lal, 1976). Les nettes variations saisonnières du taux de salaire (Ahmed, 1981;Inde, 1976) et les fortes fluctuations que subit l'indexation des salaires des ouvriers agricoles transversalement et au fil du temps 20 ne permettent pas non plus d'étayer l'idée selon laquelle le taux de salaire serait un minimum institutionnel.…”

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Le «S» inversé ‐ La fonction néoclassique complète de I'offre de main‐d'oeuvre

Sharif

2000

Revue Int du Travail

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Rural Employment, Migration and Economic Development: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Evidence from Africa

Cited by 15 publications

References 12 publications

Exploring Child Mortality Risks Associated with Diverse Patterns of Maternal Migration in Haiti

Exploring Child Mortality Risks Associated with Diverse Patterns of Maternal Migration in Haiti

Inverted “S”—The complete neoclassical labour‐supply function

Le «S» inversé ‐ La fonction néoclassique complète de I'offre de main‐d'oeuvre

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