Kenneth Harttgen|Stephan Klasen
A Human Development Index by Internal Migrational Status
University of Göttingen|University of Göttingen
domestic migration constitutes largest flow people developing countries among important opportunities people improve human development calculate human development index internal migrational status assess differences levels human development internal migrants compared nonmigrants empirical illustration sample 16 lowincome countries shows overall internal migrants achieve slightly higher level human development nonmigrants improvements largely due higher incomes migrants differentials education health smaller