@article{Mussa:276004,
      recid = {276004},
      author = {Mussa, E.C. and Mirzabaev, A. and Admassie, A. and  Rukundo, E.N.},
      title = {Effects of childhood work on long-term out-migration  decision in rural Ethiopia},
      address = {2018-07},
      number = {2058-2018-5312},
      pages = {35},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {We investigate the effects of childhood work on migration  decisions and patterns later in life using a novel  prospective panel dataset from rural Ethiopia. The data  were generated through a follow-up tracking survey of  4-14-year-old children at baseline (1999/2000) after  sixteen years in 2015/2016. We find that village  out-migration was by and large dominated by females and  schoolchildren. Compared to schoolingonly, fulltime  childhood work significantly reduces the probability of  village out-migration later in life. In contrast, those who  combined work and study at baseline were highly likely to  engage in economic or employment out-migrations. Thus, we  presented new evidence in the related literature that  besides the existing rural to urban labor migration  explanations, childhood conditions in a rapidly changing  developing economy setting may also affect children’s  long-term migration decisions. The findings also suggest  that elimination of full-time child labor should be a  long-term human capital policy priority. However, excluding  the worst forms of child labor, an attempt for child labor  elimination in all its forms could be  un(counter)productive. More importantly, rural child  education seems to be as critical as enabling the future  farm labor to shift from farm to non-farm activities and  facilitate the structural transformation process.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/276004},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.276004},
}