@article{Kikkawa:284897,
      recid = {284897},
      author = {Kikkawa, Aiko and Otsuka, Keijiro},
      title = {The Changing Landscape of International Migration:  Evidence from Rural Households in Bangladesh, 2000-2014},
      address = {2017-01},
      number = {2196-2019-1353},
      pages = {28},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {While international migration is increasingly recognized  as a key driver of development, evidence suggests that the  poor cannot readily take part in international migration  due to the high placement cost. Using unique data on rural  households in Bangladesh for the period 2000–2014, this  study explores whether the socio-economic characteristics  of the beneficiary households of international migration  have changed over time. Our analysis shows that household  education and asset levels are important determinants of  international migration, particularly in earlier years. We  also find that less educated and less wealthy households  did take part in migration, albeit slowly, in recent time.  In addition, social network facilitating migration within  community is a key contributor to migration, but its  predictive power declines over time. These findings suggest  that entry barriers to international migration, resulting  from paucity of financial, human and social capital  endowment, have decreased over time. We also explore  possible causes for such changes, including persistent  demand for low-skilled workers in major destination  countries, increasing domestic demand for educated workers,  and increasing access to loans and grants to finance  migration.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/284897},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.284897},
}