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Title:Migration, economic opportunities and occupational mobility: a case study in Western Nigeria
Author:Adepoju, A.
Year:1976
Periodical:Quarterly Journal of Administration
Volume:11
Issue:3
Pages:167-183
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:internal migration
employment
Abstract:This paper briefly examines some theoretical framework in migration studies generally and focuses on the case of migrants interviewed in a survey in Western Nigeria. More specifically. it investigates the role of migration as an adjustive mechanism in the labour market and the changes in occupational structure of the migrants through.out their recorded migration career. It also draws some policy implication from the findings. Sections: Abstract - Introduction - Migration as a dynamic factor in the development process: some theoretical considerations - Methodology - Empirical evidence from a case study (Ife and Osbogbo) 1971/72) - Migration and occupational mobility - Economic opportunities and transfer of earnings - Policy implication. Notes. tables.
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