Bivariate probit; Mobility; Raya alamata district; Risk-taking behavior; Social networks; Urban Studies
Abstract :
[en] The decision to migrate is an important economic decision to make. Push factors, such as poverty, drought, lack of jobs, etc. are expected to play a role in forcing the youth to migrate. In the study area, however, youths of similar economic, demographic, and geographic background are observed to have different migration propensities. This paper examines the role of social capital in fostering migration aspiration and migration capability. The study employs both qualitative and quantitative data collected using a cross-sectional research design. In order to account for a potential interdependence between migration aspiration and migration capability, the seemingly unrelated bivariate probit model is used to analyze the data. After controlling some socio-economic and demographic variables, the results show a positive effect of social capital on both migration aspiration and migration capability. The findings indicate that broker influence (relative to job search) and age have a lower effect on the desire for migration, while Christianity has a higher effect relative to other religious beliefs. Findings indicate that farmers and the unemployed have lower migration ability compared to students. The presence of previous immigrants in the family also has a lower effect on migration ability.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Abbay, Aradom Gebrekidan; College of Business and Economics, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
Azadi, Hossein ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Modélisation et développement
Ayalew, Weldebrhan; College of Business and Economics, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
Tesfamariam, Zbelo; Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Mekelle University, Ethiopia
Hishe, Solomon; Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Mekelle University, Ethiopia
Lakew, Tekeste Birhanu; College of Business and Economics, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
Gebrehiwot, Misghna; Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Mekelle University, Ethiopia
Gezahegn, Tafesse W.; College of Business and Economics, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia ; Center for Agri-Food Economics and Development (CREDA-UPC-IRTA), Barcelona, Spain
Nasirahmadi, Kamran; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Mazandaran, Behshahr, Iran ; UNESCO Chair on Coastal Geo-Hazard Analysis, Tehran, Iran
Miceikienė, Astrida; Agriculture Academy, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas Distr, Lithuania
Yin, Chi; School of Marxism, Zhejiang International Studies University, Hangzhou, China
Language :
English
Title :
The effect of social capital on migration aspiration and migration capability: Insights from northern Ethiopia
This work was partly granted by the key project of \"The 'Overseas Chinese Party'\u2014A Study of the Southeast Asian Branch of Chinese Communist Party (1927-1948)\" from Social Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China (Project No. 23NDJC036Z).
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