Heterogeneous migration flows from the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso: the role of natural and social capital

This paper uses a system of labour supply equations and data from Burkina Faso collected in 2003 to test the conditions underlying two different migratory movements: continental and intercontinental migration. We provide theoretical reasoning and empirical evidence that heterogeneity in migration is...

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Published in:The Geographical journal 2011-12, Vol.177 (4), p.357-366
Main Authors: WOUTERSE, FLEUR, VAN DEN BERG, MARRIT
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult children
Adult education
Agricultural land
Animal migration behavior
Bgi / Prodig
Burkina Faso
Cost of entry
determinants
economics
family
Farm economics
Heterogeneity
Household size
Households
Human geography
International migration
investment
Mathematical analysis
Migration
Migrations
Movements
Networks
off-farm labor
Population geography and social geography
Rural
Rural areas
rural households
Social capital
Wealth
West Africa
World Bank
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Summary:This paper uses a system of labour supply equations and data from Burkina Faso collected in 2003 to test the conditions underlying two different migratory movements: continental and intercontinental migration. We provide theoretical reasoning and empirical evidence that heterogeneity in migration is related to heterogeneity in rural households. We find that comparatively asset-poor households embark on continental migration, whereas intercontinental migration takes place in comparatively wealthy households in response to opportunities for accumulation of wealth in Europe. We also find that access to religion-specific migrant networks plays a positive and negative role in explaining, respectively, intercontinental and continental migration.
ISSN:0016-7398
1475-4959
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4959.2011.00423.x