The circular migration of smallholders in Kenya

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-20

  Bigsten, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR MIGRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MIGRATION DETERMINANTS; POLICY IMPLICATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SMALLHOLDER SECTOR; SMALLHOLDERS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY SIZE; HOUSEHOLDS; KENYA; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION--DETERMINANTS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TEMPORARY MIGRATION--DETERMINANTS; WAGE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLDS; KENYA; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION--DETERMINANTS; TEMPORARY MIGRATION--DETERMINANTS; WAGES;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, EASTERN; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; KENYA; MOTIVATION; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

KENYA;

EID: 0030446108     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020893     Document Type: Article

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