Tag: labour market

• Internal migration and rural service provision in northern Ghana

  Abstract: The effect of the level of district rural services on rural-urban migration was studied in Northern Ghana. It was found that rural service improvements aimed at reducing economic isolation can enhance labour mobility and free up on-farm labour for migration by lowering transaction costs. Author(s): Wouterse, Fleur Source(s): , IFPRI discussion paper; 952 v,…

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  January 1, 2010

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  econometrics, employment, ghana, household surveys, internal migration, labour market, Local Government, public services, rural areas, rural-urban migration, small farms