Education, Migration and Employment in Ethiopia Towns: The Case of Bahir Dar
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1993-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to look into the effect of
education on migration and to identify the responses of migrants
with different levels of education to the selected explanatory
variables that shows costs and returns of migration. It was also
attempted to assess the employment patterns and stability of
migrants in urban areas.
In order to achieve the purpose of the study two phase
sampling procedure was employed to select households that were to
be included in the study. 493 useable questionnaires were
collected from the study town, Bahir Dar. Multiple and step wise
regression, one-way ANOVA, Chi-square and Weighted least square
(WLS) regression were the major statistical techniques employed to
analize the data.
Results of the analysis show that migration rate increases
with education except with migrants at the tertiary level. But the
effect is clearly seen after elementary education. Thus junior
education seems to be a critical level to induce migration at this
level of the Urban hieriarchy. Results of Weighted least square
(WLS) regression indicate that there is a marked difference between
migrants in thier responses to the factors that influence
migration. Well educated were found more responsive to income at
the destination and to the unemployment period at the origin while
illeterates were found more responsive to the period of
unemployment at the destination. It was also observed that
migrants made a considerable shift from unemployment to state of
employment and across different occupations . Further more, less
educated migrants were found more stable than the educated in urban
employment
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Education, Migration, Employment in Ethiopia Towns