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Mental health assimilation of rural–urban migrants in developing countries: Evidence from Indonesia's four cities

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  • Rus'an Nasrudin
  • Budy P. Resosudarmo

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This study investigates the mental health consequences of rural–urban migrants in Indonesia. We use the migrant economic assimilation model applied to our individual longitudinal data specifically designed to observe migrants' performance. Compared with urban non‐migrants, this study finds that migrants' mental health conditions are persistently lower. Moreover, their mental health gap has worsened over the years since migration. Along with this pattern, we also found that migrants' earnings are persistently higher than those of urban non‐migrants, with a decline in social support. This study is expected to enrich the literature on the assimilation of internal labour migration in developing countries. Este estudio investiga las consecuencias para la salud mental de los emigrantes del campo a la ciudad en Indonesia. Se aplicó el modelo de asimilación económica de migrantes a los datos longitudinales individuales del estudio diseñados específicamente para observar el desempeño del modelo de migrantes. En comparación con los no migrantes urbanos, este estudio constata que las condiciones de salud mental de los migrantes son persistentemente peores. Además, la diferencia en salud mental empeora con los años transcurridos desde la migración. Junto con este patrón, también se encontró que los ingresos de los migrantes son persistentemente superiores a los de los no migrantes urbanos, además de una disminución en el apoyo social. Se espera que este estudio enriquezca la bibliografía sobre la asimilación de la migración laboral interna en los países en desarrollo. 本稿では、インドネシアの農村部から都市部への移住がメンタルヘルスに及ぼす影響を検討する。移住者のパフォーマンスを観察するために特別に設計された個人の経時測定データに適用された移住者の経済的同化モデルを使用する。都市部の非移住者と比較して、移住者の精神衛生状態は持続的に不良であると考えられる。さらに、移住後、彼らのメンタルヘルスは年々悪化している。このパターンに沿って、移住者の収入は都市部の非移住者よりも持続的に高く、社会的支援は減少していることもわかった。本研究は、発展途上国における国内の労働移動の同化に関する研究に貢献することが期待される。

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  • Rus'an Nasrudin & Budy P. Resosudarmo, 2023. "Mental health assimilation of rural–urban migrants in developing countries: Evidence from Indonesia's four cities," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 102(4), pages 761-790, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:102:y:2023:i:4:p:761-790
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12751
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