Practice question · True or false
Emigration rates tend to rise as a very poor country becomes richer, before falling again at higher income levels.
Hints
- Ask what it costs to move internationally, and who can afford it.
- The pattern is usually called the migration hump.
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True
Why
True. Moving internationally requires money, documents, information and contacts, all of which rise with development. Desire and capacity increase together, so emigration climbs from very low income levels and falls only much later, which is why aid intended to reduce departures usually increases them first.
Practise Contemporary Migration
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More questions on Contemporary Migration
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