Staying in the cities or returning home? An analysis of the rural-urban migration behavior in Vietnam

Abstract This paper investigates the migration behavior of rural-urban migrants within Vietnam. It focuses on the length and intensity of migration and its respective determinants. The analysis uses panel data of 2200 rural households and data from a migrant tracking survey of 299 migrants from Viet...

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Main Authors: Loc Duc Nguyen, Ulrike Grote, Rasadhika Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-05-01
Series:IZA Journal of Development and Migration
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40176-017-0089-z