Distributional Impact of Globalization-Induced Migration: Evidence from a Nigerian Village

Steve Onyeiwu, Raluca Polimeni and John Polimeni
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Raluca Ioana Iorgulescu

No RP2007-66, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: One of the contentious issues about the globalization process is the mechanism by which globalization affects poverty and inequality. This paper explores one of the various strands of the globalization-inequality-poverty nexus. Using microlevel survey data from over 300 poor households in the small village of Umuluwe (about 30 miles west of the regional capital of Owerri) in Southeast Nigeria, the paper investigates whether individuals who migrate from the village to take advantage of the urban-biased globalization process do better than non-migrant villagers.

Keywords: Equality and inequality; Globalization; Internal migration; Poverty; Prices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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