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The Logic of Letting Go: Family and Individual Migration from Rural Bangladesh

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Randall S. Kuhn
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This paper studies rural-urban migration by married males in Bangladesh as a two-outcome process consisting of individual moves and family moves. The family/individual distinction is relevant to issues of rural development, urban planning, and old-age dependency since family migration involves the transfer of not only a conjugal family's production, but also its consumption, to the city. The paper presents the results of a logistic hazard analysis of the migration patterns of men in Matlab Thana over a three-year period from 1984 to 1986, employing surveillance and census data.

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Paper provided by RAND Corporation Publications Department in its series Working Papers with number 00-09.

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Keywords: MIGRATION ; RURAL AREAS ; URBAN AREAS;

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R20 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Household Analysis - - - General
R23 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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  1. Stark, Oded & Levhari, David, 1982. "On Migration and Risk in LDCs," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 31(1), pages 191-96, October.
  2. Lucas, Robert E B & Stark, Oded, 1985. "Motivations to Remit: Evidence from Botswana," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 93(5), pages 901-18, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Katz, Eliakim & Stark, Oded, 1986. "Labor Migration and Risk Aversion in Less Developed Countries," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 4(1), pages 134-49, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Stark, Oded & Bloom, David E, 1985. "The New Economics of Labor Migration," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 75(2), pages 173-78, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Shaw, Annapurna, 1988. "The Income Security Function of the Rural Sector: The Case of Calcutta, India," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 36(2), pages 303-14, January.
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  1. Randall Kuhn, 2001. "Never Far From Home: Parental Assets and Migrant Transfers in Matlab, Bangladesh," Working Papers 01-12, RAND Corporation Publications Department. [Downloadable!]
  2. Mariapia MENDOLA, 2005. "Migration and technological change in rural households: complements or substitutes?," Departemental Working Papers 2005-15, Department of Economics University of Milan Italy. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Randall Kuhn, 2001. "The Impact of Nuclear Family and Individual Migration on the Elderly in Rural Bangladesh: A Qualitative Analysis," Working Papers 01-11, RAND Corporation Publications Department. [Downloadable!]
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