Determinants of International Migration: The Nigerian Experience

Samuel Antwi Darkwah and Nahanga Verter
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Samuel Antwi Darkwah: Department of Territorial Studies, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Nahanga Verter: Department of Regional and Business Economics, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2014, vol. 62, issue 2, 321-327

Abstract: This paper examines some determinants of international migration in Nigeria using annual time series data spanning the period 1991-2011. Using ordinary least square regression method, the results indicate that the level of unemployment, migrants' remittances and population growth are the key determinants of emigration from Nigeria to other countries, statistically significant at 0.01 level.In a country where unemployment rate is very high, this movement is likely to help in reducing pressures on the labour market. Migrants' remittances might also help in alleviating poverty within households. Migrants' remittance to Nigeria has surpassed both Foreign Direct Investment and Net Official Development Assistance inflows, making it one amongst the major sources of foreign earnings to Nigeria. Nigerians will continue to migrate to other parts of the world so long as the reasons or causes for their movement are not fully addressed i.e. if political and socioeconomic issues in the country do not improve. The Nigerian government should as a matter of urgency, create better jobs and conducive environment in order to stop people from migrating while at the same time encouraging its skilled labour abroad to return home to help in national development.

Keywords: cross-border migration; remittances; unemployment rate; poverty; population growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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