Ackah, CharlesMedvedev, Denis2012-03-192012-03-192010-04-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3760Using a recently compiled dataset on migration and remittances in Ghana, this paper estimates the determinants of an individual s likelihood to be an internal migrant and the relationship between internal migration and welfare. The analysis finds that the likelihood to migrate is determined by a combination of individual (pull) and community-level (push) characteristics. The probability of migration is higher for younger and more educated individuals, but communities with higher levels of literacy, higher rates of subsidized medical care, and better access to water and sanitation are less likely to produce migrants. The analysis finds that households with migrants tend to be better off than similar households without migrants, even after controlling for the fact that households with migrants are a non-random sample of Ghanaians. However, the positive relationship is only true for households with at least one migrant in urban areas; the welfare of households with migrants exclusively in rural areas is no different from households without any migrants.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO SERVICESALCOHOLAMOUNT OF REMITTANCESAMOUNTS OF REMITTANCESBORDERSCAPITA REMITTANCESCITIESCOMMUNITY EDUCATIONCULTURAL CHANGEDEMOGRAPHYDEPENDENCY RATIODEPENDENCY RATIOSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDRINKING WATEREDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYETHNIC GROUPETHNIC GROUPSFAMILIESFAMILY MEMBERSFOOD SECURITYFORMAL EDUCATIONGENDERHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH SERVICESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHUMAN CAPITALIDENTITYIMPACT OF MIGRATIONIMPACT OF REMITTANCESIMPORTANCE OF REMITTANCESINCOMESINEQUALITYINTERNAL MIGRANTSINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTSLABOR SUPPLYLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLITERACYLITERACY RATESLIVING STANDARDSMALE MIGRANTSMARITAL STATUSMEDICAL CAREMIGRANTMIGRANT HOUSEHOLDSMIGRANT NETWORKSMIGRANTSMIGRATION DECISIONMIGRATION PATTERNSMIGRATION RATESMOBILITYMOTHERNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDSNUMBER OF MIGRANTSOVERPOPULATIONPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOPULATION PRESSUREPOPULATION SIZEPOPULATION STUDIESPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPULL FACTORSPUSH FACTORSREMITTANCEREMITTANCESREMITTANCES REMITTANCESRESPECTRETURN MIGRANTSRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL ORIGINSANITATIONSANITATION FACILITIESSEND REMITTANCESSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVISIONSOCIAL GROUPSSPOUSETERTIARY EDUCATIONURBAN AREASURBAN COMMUNITIESURBAN MIGRATIONUSE OF REMITTANCESVULNERABILITYWIDOWSYOUNG CHILDRENWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5273