Even though the respondent’s average household job skills and age gives an assumption of signs according to our expectations but the relation between the both is quite insignificant. Value of non-farm income and farm income has an inverse relation with migration from rural to urban areas; however the marginal effects are minimal. This means that people who have a reasonable means of living in the rural area wouldn’t consider migration as a feasible decision and the rural urban migrants are mostly the ones having fewer opportunities to make a living in the rural setup. These finding somewhat supports the Harris Todaro and Lewis theory of rural urban migration. Land ownership and rural urban migration have a positive correlation which contradicts Lewis theory as Lewis theory is formed on the assumptions on a negative
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World Migration Report. Co published by the International organization for migration and the United Nations.
Todaro, M.P., 1969. A model of labor migration and urban unemployment in less-developed countries. The American Eco. Review, 59: 138–48.
Canter, D., & Land, K.C. (1985). Unemployment and Crime rates in the Post-World War 2 United states: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis. American Sociological Review, 50, 317-332.
Davenport et al. (2003). Sometimes You Just have to Leave: Domestic Threats and Forced Migration 1964-1989.International Interactions, 29: 1, 27-55.
De Haan, A., & Rogaly, B. (2002). Labor Mobility and Rural Society. London: Frank Cass.
Connell, J., Dagupta, B., Laishley, R., & Lipton. M. (1976). Migration from Rural Areas: The Evidence from Village Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Amjad, R., 1989. Economic Impact of Migration to the Middle East on the Major Asian Labor Sending Countries - An Overview. In: Amjad, R. (ed.), To the Gulf and Back. Studies on the Economic Impact of Asian Labor Migration, Pp: 1–27. Geneva: UNDP/ILO.
Stark, O., 1991. The New economics of labor migration, American Eco. Review, 75:
World Migration Report. Co published by the International organization for migration and the United Nations.
Todaro, M.P., 1969. A model of labor migration and urban unemployment in less-developed countries. The American Eco. Review, 59: 138–48.
Canter, D., & Land, K.C. (1985). Unemployment and Crime rates in the Post-World War 2 United states: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis. American Sociological Review, 50, 317-332.
Davenport et al. (2003). Sometimes You Just have to Leave: Domestic Threats and Forced Migration 1964-1989.International Interactions, 29: 1, 27-55.
De Haan, A., & Rogaly, B. (2002). Labor Mobility and Rural Society. London: Frank Cass.
Connell, J., Dagupta, B., Laishley, R., & Lipton. M. (1976). Migration from Rural Areas: The Evidence from Village Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Amjad, R., 1989. Economic Impact of Migration to the Middle East on the Major Asian Labor Sending Countries - An Overview. In: Amjad, R. (ed.), To the Gulf and Back. Studies on the Economic Impact of Asian Labor Migration, Pp: 1–27. Geneva: UNDP/ILO.
Stark, O., 1991. The New economics of labor migration, American Eco. Review, 75: