TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Staying or leaving? Analyzing the rationality of rural-urban migration associated with farm income of staying households: a case study from southern ethiopia JO - Advances in agriculture A1 - Wondimagegnhu, Beneberu Assefa SP - 1 EP - 8 VL - 2015 IS - N2 - The research aims at analyzing the effect of rural-urban migration and remittances on farm income of rural households supported by a case study conducted in Southern Ethiopia. Using two-step estimations to measure the effect of outmigration, migrant sending families have gained higher farm income. In this regard, rural outmigration has been found to be a survival and income diversification strategy in the study area.
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LA - en SN - 2356-654X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/617373 ID - ref1 ER -