Human Development and Net Migration: the Ghanaian Experience
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Date
2021
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Springer
Abstract
This study examines human development as a key economic driver of net migration
in Ghana. The study uses annual time series data spanning the period of 1980–2020.
An instrumental variable econometric approach is used for the analysis based on
its strength in addressing identifcation challenges such as serial correlation and
endogeneity issues commonly associated with time series data. Other econometric
techniques are also used for robustness purposes. The study shows evidence of a
negative and statistically signifcant relationship between human development and
net migration in Ghana. This finding implies that improving human development
negatively drives net migration in favour of emigration. The study recommends that
efforts towards improving education, health and income should be strengthened to
reduce emigration especially skilled and illegal migrants. This study concludes that
human development is a key socio-economic driver of net migration in Ghana.
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Keywords
HDI, Migration, Ghana, Time series, Instrumental Variable