Abstract

Rural–urban migration is a common demographic phenomenon in developing countries. Over the last four decades, Indonesia has had the highest rate of urbanization among Asian countries, which has been driven primarily by rural–urban migration. This type of migration has strong economic and social impacts on individuals at both the origins and the destinations. The study analyses the patterns and impacts of rural–urban migration based on the migration motives of rural households. The difference-in-differences approach is applied to identify migration’s impact on the welfare of migrant households in rural areas based on migration motives. The study uses Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) data from 2007 and 2014, which consists of 2007 household samples spread over 13 provinces. Migration is found to have a positive and significant impact on migrant household welfare based on investment motives, but an insignificant result regarding the impact of migration based on risk-coping motives. Also found is the difference in migration patterns between the two migration motives.

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Title
Understanding migration motives and its impact on household welfare: evidence from rural–urban migration in Indonesia
Author
Marta, Joan 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Akhmad Fauzi 2 ; Juanda, Bambang 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rustiadi, Ernan 4 

1  Department of Economics, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia 
2  Department of Resources and Environmental Economics, Institut Pertanian Bogor, Bogor, Indonesia 
3  Department of Economics, Institut Pertanian Bogor, Bogor, Indonesia 
4  Department of Soil Science and Land Resources management, Institut Pertanian Bogor, Bogor, Indonesia 
Pages
118-132
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Dec 2020
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
e-ISSN
21681376
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2020.1746194
ProQuest document ID
2469744604
Copyright
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.