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Labour Migration and Social Networks Participation in Southern Mozambique
Author(s) -
Gallego Juan M.,
Mendola Mariapia
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
economica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.532
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1468-0335
pISSN - 0013-0427
DOI - 10.1111/ecca.12031
Subject(s) - endogeneity , interpersonal ties , demographic economics , economics , human migration , migrant workers , test (biology) , labour economics , development economics , economic growth , population , sociology , social science , demography , econometrics , paleontology , biology
This paper investigates how social networks in poor developing settings are affected by migration. Using a unique household survey from southern Mozambique, we test the role of labour mobility in shaping participation in groups and interhousehold cooperation by migrant‐sending households in village economies at origin. We find that migration cum remittances boosts household engagement in community‐based social networks. Our findings are robust to alternative definitions of social interaction and to endogeneity concerns, suggesting that stable migration ties and higher income stability through remittances may decrease participation constraints and increase household commitment in cooperative arrangements in migrant‐sending communities.