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What Factors Affect Households' Decision to Be a New “International Migrant Household” in Rural Bangladesh? Evidence from a Unique Panel Data

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  • Mahtab UDDIN

    (University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom)

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We explore the role of households’ economic status and migration network on the probability of becoming a new international migrant household while controlling for other conventional parameters. We use the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey data, a nationally representative panel for rural Bangladesh covering three periods – 2012, 2015, and 2018. Based on a dynamic panel probit model, we find that being from the top four income deciles in the base year (2012) leads to a statistically significant higher probability of being a migrant household in a later period. We also observe a strong impact of the migration network. Having a family member abroad in the baseline increases the probability of having a new migrant in the later periods significantly. In addition, being in the migrant-prone area increases the probability of sending a new member abroad. However, the village migration network is a weaker predictor of future migration than the family network.

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  • Mahtab UDDIN, 2024. "What Factors Affect Households' Decision to Be a New “International Migrant Household” in Rural Bangladesh? Evidence from a Unique Panel Data," PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, vol. 6(1), pages 474-500, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:rom:conase:v:6:y:2024:i:1:p:474-500
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    Keywords

    migration; migration decisions; new migrants; migration and household’s economic status.;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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