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Rural to Urban Migration as a Household Decision: Evidence from Kenya
Author(s) -
Agesa Richard U.,
Kim Sunwoong
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
review of development economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1467-9361
pISSN - 1363-6669
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9361.00107
Subject(s) - economics , internal migration , demographic economics , rest (music) , econometrics , developing country , economic growth , medicine , cardiology
A simple intertemporal expected‐utility model for the household is developed to explore the determinants of split and family migration. Split migration occurs when the household head moves from a rural to an urban area first, and the rest of the family remains behind to join him later. Family migration occurs when the household moves together. The validity of the theoretical model is tested using data from Kenya. The findings support the predictions of the theoretical model; specifically, the results suggest that a large number of dependents may increase the likelihood of split migration.