caa a22 4500 397559437 CHVBK 20180308164812.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199603 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020893 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020893 Bigsten Arne Göteborg University The Circular Migration of Smallholders in Kenya [Elektronische Daten] [Arne Bigsten] We analyse migration from farm households in Kenya, and argue that many migration decisions should be regarded, not as individual decisions but rather as household decisions, in which, within the constraints given, the household decides to allocate its labour force among activities in such a way as to maximize household utility. The resulting migration tends to be circular. We use a probit model which incorporates this feature, and also takes into account contacts and information, as well as indivisibilities. Our empirical analysis suggests that the pull of high urban wages is much more important for migration decisions than the push of land scarcity. A buoyant local non-agricultural economy does not seem to restrict migration. We have also found that networks of personal contacts are highly significant determinants of migration. One important policy implication is that rural development, desirable though it is on other grounds, is unlikely to have the effect of stemming the flow of migration. © Centre for the Study of African Economies Articles nationallicence Journal of African Economies Oxford University Press 5/1(1996-03), 1-20 0963-8024 5:1<1 1996 5 jafeco https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020893 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020893 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bigsten Arne Göteborg University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of African Economies Oxford University Press 5/1(1996-03), 1-20 0963-8024 5:1<1 1996 5 jafeco Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford