TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ginsburg, Carren
A1  - Bocquier, Philippe
A1  - Collinson, Mark
A1  - White, Michael
A1  - Beguy, Donatien
A1  - Afolabi, Sulaimon
A1  - Augusto, Orvalho
A1  - Derra, Karim
A1  - Odhiambo, Frank
A1  - Otiende, Mark
A1  - Soura, Abdramane B.
A1  - Zabre, Pascal
T1  - Human capital on the move: Education as a determinant of internal migration in selected INDEPTH surveillance populations in Africa
Y1  - 2016/05/26
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 845
EP  - 884
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2016.34.30
VL  - 34
IS  - 30
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol34/30/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol34/30/34-30.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol34/30/34-30.pdf
N2  - Background: Education, as a key indicator of human capital, is considered one of the major determinants of internal migration, with previous studies suggesting that human capital accumulates in urban areas at the expense of rural areas. However, there is fragmentary evidence concerning the educational correlates of internal migration in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Objective: The study questions whether more precise measures of migration in Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) populations support the hypothesis that migrants are self-selected on human capital and more educated people are more likely to leave rural areas or enter urban areas within a geographical region. 

Methods: Using unique longitudinal data representing approximately 900,000 people living in eight sub-Saharan African HDSS sites that are members of the INDEPTH Network, the paper uses Event History Analysis techniques to examine the relationship between formal educational attainment and in- and out-migration, over the period 2009 to 2011. 

Results: Between 7% and 27% of these local populations are moving in or out of the HDSS area over this period. Education is positively associated with both in- and out-migration in the Kenyan HDSS areas; however, the education effect has no clear pattern in the HDSS sites in Burkina Faso, Mozambique, and South Africa. 

Conclusions: Empirical results presented in this paper confirm a strong age profile of migration consistent with human capital expectation, yet the results point to variability in the association of education and the propensity to migrate. In particular, the hypothesis of a shift of human capital from rural to urban areas is not universally valid. 

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