G/ Medhin, Shegaw2022-06-142023-11-192022-06-142023-11-191993-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/31999The 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 employmentenEducation, MigrationEmployment in Ethiopia TownsThesis