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The effect of land inheritance on youth migration and employment decisions in Rwanda

dc.contributor.authorByishimo, P.
dc.contributor.authorHirpa Tufa, A.
dc.contributor.authorYami, M.
dc.contributor.authorAlene, A.
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, S.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, T.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, V.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-06T11:43:14Z
dc.date.available2022-06-06T11:43:14Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationByishimo, P., Tufa, A., Yami, M., Alene, A., Feleke, S., Abdoulaye, T. & Manyong, V. (2022). The effect of land inheritance on youth migration and employment decisions in Rwanda. Sustainability, 14(9), 1-14.
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7486
dc.description.abstractThere is growing mobility of rural youth mainly caused by limited access to land resources and inadequacy of job opportunities. Increased population density coupled with low education rates has increased pressure on natural resources, especially land. This paper assessed the effect of land inheritance on youth migration and employment in Rwanda using the 2010/11 and 2013/14 Integrated Household Living Conditions Surveys (EICVs) data collected from 8160 households by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). In-depth key informant interviews and focus group discussions, at institutional and cooperative levels, were conducted to supplement and support survey results. We used the Hausman test to choose between the fixed-effects and random-effects models. Results show that land inheritance has a negative and statistically significant effect on youth migration and non-agriculture-based employment. This implies that greater access to land through inheritance reduces the likelihood of youth migration and their participation in nonagricultural employment. The paper concludes with implications for policy aimed at creating increased access to land, expanding youth employment opportunities in rural areas, and reducing rural–urban youth migration.
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
dc.format.extent1-14
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectLand Access
dc.subjectRural Youth
dc.subjectYouth
dc.subjectMigration
dc.subjectYouth Employment
dc.subjectRwanda
dc.titleThe effect of land inheritance on youth migration and employment decisions in Rwanda
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationHigh Lands Centre of Leadership for Development, Rwanda
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationIndependent Researcher, Ethiopia
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionCentral Africa
cg.coverage.countryRwanda
cg.coverage.hubSouthern Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidBYISHIMO:2022
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectCapacity Development
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.journalSustainability
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 30 Apr 2022
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14095404
cg.iitaauthor.identifierAdane Tufa: 0000-0001-9801-6526
cg.iitaauthor.identifierArega Alene: 0000-0002-2491-4603
cg.iitaauthor.identifierShiferaw Feleke: 0000-0002-0759-4070
cg.iitaauthor.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
cg.iitaauthor.identifierVictor Manyong: 0000-0003-2477-7132
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue9
cg.identifier.volume14


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