Migration to end poverty

Removing barriers to internal migration can boost a country’s productivity, albeit modestly and with heterogonous effects on original populations...

How do domestic migrants impact local labour markets in developing countries?

Low-skilled natives tend to be most affected by low-skilled migrants, but are high-skilled natives most affected by high-skilled migrants?...

How do migration and remittances affect inequality? A case study of Mexico

Remittances can lower inequality and may help mitigate some of the negative impact of shocks on the poorest...

Satellite imagery: The future of tracking urban markets

Analysing night-light intensity provides a complementary, alternative analysis of the intensity of economic activity in areas around urban markets...

Internal migration improves economic security in rural China

Government policies that facilitate internal migration not only drive economic growth, but also improve the welfare of rural households ...

Agricultural productivity and rural-urban wage gaps revisited: Lessons from panel data

Cities don't make workers (much) more productive, but productive workers move to cities...

Why are Indian men surprisingly reluctant to cross state borders?

India’s system of ‘fragmented entitlements’, whereby state residents get preferential treatment by the state government, hinders internal migration...

Why is labour mobility in India so low?

Rural insurance networks in India incentivise adult males to remain in villages, contributing to the country’s low rural-to-urban migration rates...