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    Impact of internal migration on household welfare.
    (KNUST, 2018-06) Senyo, Kwame Denutsui
    The welfare of individuals is very important to every government and household. The measurement of welfare takes different dimensions and several studies show that one of the best ways to measure welfare is through the consumption pattern of such individuals. Migration from rural to urban centres in Ghana has led to the formation of slums in most migrant destinations. These slums serve as a haven for criminals, contributed to increase in teenage pregnancy and child labour in the cities. There is an increase agitation by citizens for government to relocate the slum dwellers back to the rural areas. United Nations reports that over 200 million individuals are likely to live in slums by the year 2020 and Molini and others have attributed the growth in slums to increase in migration. Other argue that migration improves welfare. Using Ghana Living Standards Survey data collected between 2012-2013 and employing ordinary least square regression (OLS) technique, the study estimates the impact of internal migration on household welfare in Ghana. It was observed that, internal migrants have a positive level of welfare compared to that of non migrants. The study further reveals that, basic education, migrant being divorced or separated, household headed by male, living in rural Ghana and having a household size have a significant impact on the welfare of the internal migrant. It is recommended that, establishment of more basic and technical schools, business advisory services, increase provision of vocational training programs, increase support for government policy of free universal Basic and Senior high school by all stakeholders in rural areas, increase education of rural dwellers of the need to practice birth control and it associated benefit tohousehold welfare, and provision of better transportation networks in the rural areas will increase internal migration and welfare of migrant household in Ghana