Migration and poverty
By R. Skeldon. 2002
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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science
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Citations in the corpus
- The determinants of international migration: Conceptualising policy, origin and destination effects (2011, background): “NELM also argues that income inequality and relative deprivation within sending societies are major drivers of migration (Skeldon 2002; Stark and Taylor 1989).”
- Seasonal Migration for Livelihoods in India: Coping,Accumulation and Exclusion (2003, background): “We now understand why often, it is not the very poorest who migrate. For example, Skeldon (2002) observes:”
- Reconsidering the links between poverty, international labour migration, and agrarian change: critical insights from Nepal (2016, background): “Many scholars hold that international labour migration has a class bias: people who have wealth can go overseas for employment (Baulch 2011; Cohen and Sirkeci 2011; Skeldon 2002).”
- Impact of Migration on Economic and Social Development: A Review of Evidence and Emerging Issues (2011, unknown): “…study of 71 developing countries found that a 10 percent increase in per capita official international remittances will lead to 3.5 percent decline in the share of people living in poverty (Adams & Page 2 See World Bank (2005), UNDP (2009), Skeldon (2002), Kothari (2002), and De Haas (2005).”
- Turning the tide? Why development will not stop migration. (2007, background): “In this context, it is important to observe that relative deprivation (cf. Skeldon, 2002) associated with global disparities in life perspectives rather than absolute or chronic poverty is a major drive behind migration.”