Are Human Rights and Economic Well-Being Substitutes? The Evidence from the Migration Patterns in Bangladesh and Myanmar

Ankan Ghosh and Zareena Begum Irfan ()
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Ankan Ghosh: Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India
Zareena Begum Irfan: (Corresponding author) Associate Professor, Madras School of Economics

Working Papers from Madras School of Economics,Chennai,India

Abstract: In the age of globalization international is an important phenomenon that we notice worldwide. International migration can happen for various reasons an there effect on the native country may be positive or negative and that is a matter of discussion. In this paper it is considered that migration happens for economic reason as well as social reasons. Economic reason may be better availability of jobs in other countries and a scope of greater income streams. Social factors include vulnerability in the native country due to political unrest, environmental damage factors and other social detentions in the native place. The paper discusses these factors as human rights, the unavailability of which will instigate people to migrate. The paper uses evidence from two countries- Bangladesh and Myanmar to see the same. A two country panel model was set up to get results which show that a trade-off between the aforementioned rights and economic variables exists.

Keywords: Migration; migration; human rights; labours; socio-economic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F66 I3 J61 J7 Y4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2020-01
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