Land tenure security and internal migration in Tanzania
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Land tenure security and internal migration in Tanzania. / Mekasha, Tseday Jemaneh; Ngasamiaku, Wilhelm; D. Ruhinduka, Remidius; Tarp, Finn.
2018.Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
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T1 - Land tenure security and internal migration in Tanzania
AU - Mekasha, Tseday Jemaneh
AU - Ngasamiaku, Wilhelm
AU - D. Ruhinduka, Remidius
AU - Tarp, Finn
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - In this paper we study the impact of tenure security on rural to urban migration of household members over the age of 15.Using three waves of the Tanzanian National Panel Survey (NPS) data, we show that tenure security is associated with lower probability of migration in rural Tanzania. This result is consistent with the idea that better property rights over agricultural land in rural Tanzania, by easing the fear of expropriation of land holdings, can induce households to retain more of their members.The result is found to be robust to different specifications and estimation techniques. Promoting land tenure security is a key policy concern in curbing rural– urban migration at early stages of development.
AB - In this paper we study the impact of tenure security on rural to urban migration of household members over the age of 15.Using three waves of the Tanzanian National Panel Survey (NPS) data, we show that tenure security is associated with lower probability of migration in rural Tanzania. This result is consistent with the idea that better property rights over agricultural land in rural Tanzania, by easing the fear of expropriation of land holdings, can induce households to retain more of their members.The result is found to be robust to different specifications and estimation techniques. Promoting land tenure security is a key policy concern in curbing rural– urban migration at early stages of development.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - migration
KW - Tanzania
KW - tenure security
M3 - Working paper
T3 - UNU WIDER Working Paper Series
BT - Land tenure security and internal migration in Tanzania
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