Migration and Social Networks: Evidence from Bangladesh
Published By: RPC Migrating out of Poverty | Published Date: September, 01 , 2015This paper explores the role of social networks in the migration process in Bangladesh. Migration can be costly and can also involve considerable risks around finding adequate housing and employment. This paper aims to add to the empirical literature on the role of networks in migration
decisions in Bangladesh using household survey data collected in Bangladesh in 2013. Using survey data conducted by Migrating out of Poverty in 2012, captures information on households and their migrant and resident members, migrant destinations and contacts at their destination.
Author(s): Shayan Ansari, Eva-Maria Egger, Tasneem Siddiqui, Raisul Mahmood, Julie Litchfield | Posted on: Oct 08, 2015 | Views()