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Re: Education and rural-urban migration
by
lizarder
on 28/08/2025, 13:46:52 UTC
Most studies show that the members of rural communities who are most likely to migrate to urban centers are those who have been to school. The studies seem to show a consistent positive correlation between an individual's level of education his propensity to migrate. REASONS (1) The income gap between what the 'educated' ones can earn in urban areas compared with their rural opportunity cost is larger than it is for the illiterate ones.(2) The educated ones are more likely to obtain a lucrative modern sector job. But because jobs are scarce,a large proportion of those who migrate often remain unemployed.
In my country there are no clear statistics considering that many rural residents who decide to go abroad to find work as migrant workers are more likely to be those without higher education. Conversely, people who migrate to cities in search of better jobs due to access to higher education generally do not show significant statistics. In my area, there are even farmers who are college graduates because they have difficulty finding decent work due to their love of the knowledge they gained at university, so farming or gardening is the only way to survive.

If people are able to develop their skills in the agricultural and plantation sectors, they also have the opportunity to achieve a better life. We're not talking about jobs that rely solely on white-collar jobs and sitting in an office agricultural and plantation resources can also lead to financial success if managed properly and made more progressive..