The study examines the effects of seasonal and permanent migration on rural inequalities in India. We apply the counterfactual method to estimate income using the Indian Human Development Survey, Wave II (2012) dataset. Findings reveal that seasonal migration is a distress-driven strategy adopted by the poor as opposed to permanent migration wherei...
Programmes aimed at channelling seasonal workers to the labour market of European countries have a long tradition. Many of them started in the decades following World War II, but have changed a great deal over time, although the majority are aimed seasonal economic sectors, such as agriculture or tourism. Over the past few years reforms to these pr...
Présentation illustrée du travail de suivi démographique effectué par l'Observatoire démographique de Mlomp (Sénégal).
BackgroundThe objective of this paper is to describe sources of information on HIV/AIDS and their relationship with AIDS-related knowledge and sexual behaviour in a rural area of south Senegal.MethodsA cross-sectional study using a standardized questionnaire was administered in 1994 by local interviewers to 240 men and 242 women aged 157–59 years, ...
