Causes and Consequences of Rural- Urban Migration in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study in Chittagong City
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Date
2013-12
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Centre for Research on Islamic Management and Business
Abstract
Migration is a natural process where normally surplus manpower released from the
rural sector is needed for urban industrial growth. This study aims at throwing light
on central characteristics of migrants, determining factors and consequences of
rural-urban migration in the context of Chittagong city, Bangladesh based on a
survey of 100 randomly selected migrants and their families. From the dataset, it is
found that poverty, job search, landlessness, homelessness, various natural disaster
are the main push factors for rural out migration, while easy access to informal
sectors and slum area, higher income probability, better service facilities are the
main pull factors behind migration. The ordinary least square technique is applied
on three regression models which indicate the determinants of income of migrants
before and after their migration, change of income after migration. Reducing
disparities between rural and urban areas should receive in urgent attention to
stabilize the rural out migration.
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Migration, Rural-urban migration, Push factors, Pull factors, Chittagong city
Citation
Vol. 1 No. 1, December 2013, Page 89-104