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The precarity of internal migration of youth in Ghana: exploitative employment and livelihood insecurity.
- Source :
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Development in Practice . Apr2023, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p215-227. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper ascertains whether young internal migrants are prone to poverty and livelihood insecurity and become victims of exploitative employment when compared to the non-migrant youth population in Ghana. This study employs econometrics analysis using the Ghana Living Standards Survey 6 (2012) and 7 (2017), with a sample size of 15,000 households, and ethnographic interviews to assess the determinants of livelihood security, exploitation, and abuse. Our analysis focuses on youth in four administrative regions in Ghana with the highest number of internal migrants. The study found that young internal migrants are often engaged in unstable, noncontract, abusive, and exploitative employment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *INTERNAL migration
*PRECARITY
*INTERNAL migrants
*EMPLOYMENT
*STANDARD of living
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09614524
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Development in Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163387638
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2022.2119940