PATTERN OF MALE OUT-MIGRATION FROM RURAL ODISHA

Rural development and out-migration from small and large villages in iran

Rural out Migration at the Household Level

Migration, conventionally, being an important part of demography, is least studied as compared to fertility and mortality. Due to decreasing birth and death rate, migration (internal or international) has become a more important concern for demographers and other social scientists.Since probability models provide concise and clear representations of extensive data sets in a better way (Aryal, 2...

Rural Agricultural Change and Individual Out-migration.

We investigate the impact of household use of labor-saving farm technologies on first-time out-migration after the household agriculture and consumption survey was conducted in 1996. Building on the labor substitution framework, we hypothesize that household use of labor-saving technologies (e.g., tractors, farm implements, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides) increases individual out-migratio...

Consequences of Out-Migration for Land Use in Rural Ecuador.

In rural Ecuador and elsewhere in Latin America, the departure of migrants and the receipt of migrant remittances have led to declining rural populations and increasing cash incomes. It is commonly assumed that these processes will lead to agricultural abandonment and the regrowth of native vegetation, thus undermining traditional livelihoods and providing a boon for biodiversity conservation. ...

Determinants and Pattern of Saving Behaviour in Rural Households of Western Odisha