Migration and Income Diversification Evidence from Burkina Faso

J. Edward Taylor and Fleur Wouterse

No 25379, 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: This paper uses limited-dependent variable methods and new data from Burkina Faso to test the impact of inter-continental and continental migration on activity choice and incomes in rural households. We provide theoretical reasoning and empirical evidence that the impact of emigration varies both by migrant destination and production activity. We find no evidence of either positive or negative effects of continental migration on agricultural or livestock activities and a small negative impact on non-farm activities. However, inter-continental migration, which tends to be long term and generates significantly larger remittances, stimulates livestock production while being negatively associated with staple and non-farm activities.

Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 2006
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Journal Article: Migration and Income Diversification:: Evidence from Burkina Faso (2008)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.25379

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