@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00014334, author = {Molyaneth, Heng}, journal = {国際開発研究フォーラム, Forum of International Development Studies}, month = {Mar}, note = {Through analyzing determinants of cross-border migration, the present study aims to shed more light on current theoretical and empirical debates on migration-poverty linkages. The study collected retrospective household data in the year 2000 for 80 non-migrant households and prior to migration for 154 migrant households from four villages in a Cambodia-Thailand border commune. Probit and censored Tobit regressions are used to analyze factors that influence a household's decision to undertake cross-border migration and whether determinants vary among households depending on the number of migrants and the year of migration. Overall, the study reveals that the education level of the household head and household composition are significant in explaining decision to migrate and the number of initial migrants in a household. The study also finds that migration decision and high number of migrants are induced by poor house quality and the small size of landholding. Regarding the relative probability to migrate, the poorest households are the most likely to migrate. When compared to those who migrated earlier (2000-2005), non-poor households are less likely to have migrated recently (2006 and later) than the poorest and poor households. Strikingly different from the general belief that migration is not accessible to the poorest, the present findings undoubtedly indicate that migration from the research site, especially recent migration, is dominated by the poorest and poor households.}, pages = {49--66}, title = {Poverty and Migrant Selectivity in South-south Cross-border Migration : Evidence from Cambodia}, volume = {41}, year = {2012} }