Land tenure security and internal migration in Tanzania

TY - UNPB

T1 - Land tenure security and internal migration in Tanzania

AU - Mekasha, Tseday Jemaneh

AU - Ngasamiaku, Wilhelm

AU - D. Ruhinduka, Remidius

AU - Tarp, Finn

PY - 2018/12

Y1 - 2018/12

N2 - In this paper we study the impact of tenure security on rural to urban migration of household members over the age of 15.Using three waves of the Tanzanian National Panel Survey (NPS) data, we show that tenure security is associated with lower probability of migration in rural Tanzania. This result is consistent with the idea that better property rights over agricultural land in rural Tanzania, by easing the fear of expropriation of land holdings, can induce households to retain more of their members.The result is found to be robust to different specifications and estimation techniques. Promoting land tenure security is a key policy concern in curbing rural– urban migration at early stages of development.

AB - In this paper we study the impact of tenure security on rural to urban migration of household members over the age of 15.Using three waves of the Tanzanian National Panel Survey (NPS) data, we show that tenure security is associated with lower probability of migration in rural Tanzania. This result is consistent with the idea that better property rights over agricultural land in rural Tanzania, by easing the fear of expropriation of land holdings, can induce households to retain more of their members.The result is found to be robust to different specifications and estimation techniques. Promoting land tenure security is a key policy concern in curbing rural– urban migration at early stages of development.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - migration

KW - Tanzania

KW - tenure security

M3 - Working paper

T3 - UNU WIDER Working Paper Series

BT - Land tenure security and internal migration in Tanzania

ER -