Abstract
AbstractBased on data from Round 7 of the Afrobarometer survey, this study aims to identify the factors associated with Senegalese adults’ migration intention and investigates the effect of poverty on migration intention. We construct a subjective poverty index via multiple correspondence analysis and estimate a logistic regression model to identify the determinants of migration intention. The results show that poverty has a positive and significant effect on migration intention. Meanwhile, migration intention decreases with age, yet increases with both the level of dependence on remittances and the presence of a returned migrant in the household. Our results are policy relevant, as knowledge and understanding of the intention to migrate and its determinants can be used to assess and design future migration programs through the creation of employment opportunities and better working conditions to reduce poverty, remittances dependency, and potential brain drain, especially among youth and full/part‐time workers.
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