IZA Journal of Migration
Volume 5, Issue 1, 2016

Migrants from marginal dry areas in Syria: destinations, employment, and returns (Article) (Open Access)

Abdelali-Martini M.* , Ibrahim K. , Dhehibi B.
  • a Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 11 Al-Eslah Al-Zerai Street, Dokki, Cairo, 12311, Egypt
  • b National Agricultural Policy Center, Airport Highway, Fifth Bridge, P.O. Box 4251, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
  • c Sustainable Intensification and Resilient Production Systems Program (SIRPSP), International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), P.O. Box 950764, Amman, N° 11195, Jordan

Abstract

We examine the determinants of migrants’ choices of destination, employment, and remittances from one of the poorest marginal dry areas in Syria. Qualitative and econometric analysis of cross-sectional data indicates that migrants’ choices depend mainly on individual, household, and community characteristics and also on availability of opportunities. The main factors affecting the choice of destination and employment are the sending area, age, and sex of migrants, while the educational level had no significant effect in both cases. The larger the endowments of migrants’ households, the higher the remittances sent back home to preserve households’ assets in marginal dry areas. © 2016, The Author(s).

Author Keywords

Migration Employment Gender remittances Migrants’ characteristics Destination choice Dry areas Syria

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85006042053&doi=10.1186%2fs40176-016-0071-1&partnerID=40&md5=51e2619f5eda1b72827623fec0e05c2a
DOI: 10.1186/s40176-016-0071-1
ISSN: 21939039
Original Language: English