De Weerdt, JoachimBeegle, KathleenDercon, Stefan2012-03-302012-03-302011-08Review of Economics and Statistics0034-6535https://hdl.handle.net/10986/5401This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using a thirteen-year panel survey, we find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added 36 percentage points to consumption growth. Although moving out of agriculture resulted in much higher growth than staying in agriculture, growth was always greater in any sector if the individual physically moved. As to why more people do not move given the high returns to geographical mobility, analysis finds evidence consistent with models in which exit barriers set by home communities prevent the migration of some categories of people.ENCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOGeneral Welfare I310Welfare and Poverty: Government ProgramsProvision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and ForecastsGeneral Migration J110Economic Development: Human ResourcesHuman DevelopmentIncome DistributionMigration O150Economic DevelopmentHousingInfrastructure O180Transportation EconomicsRegional Labor MarketsPopulationNeighborhood Characteristics R230Journal ArticleWorld Bank10.1596/5401