Farai Jena is a teaching fellow in the department of economics at the University of Sussex. Her research expertise is in the area of applied microeconomics with a particular focus on the economics of migration and remittances in developing countries.

Session V - Migration and Development - 27/10/2017 9:30 - 11:30

Internal migration and occupational outcomes in Zimbabwe

This research reveals that internal migration in Zimbabwe has a positive impact on unskilled occupation for males and a negative impact on skilled occupation for females. The internal migration of females and males is also shown to be primarily driven by marriage and work-related factors, respectively. Internal migration also has differential effects on occupational outcomes depending on the type of migration undertaken.

Other speakers in this session

Maria Franco Gavonel (University of Oxford)
Effects of Internal Migration of Youth’s Cognitive and Psychosocial Skills in Ethiopia, India, Peru,
and Vietnam

Rebecca Petrelli (FAO)
Internal migration and vulnerability to poverty in Tanzania

Kashi Kafle (IFAD)
Does relative deprivation induce migration? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa