Test of the 'healthy migrant hypothesis': A longitudinal analysis of health selectivity of internal migration in Indonesia
Test of the 'healthy migrant hypothesis': A longitudinal analysis of health selectivity of internal migration in Indonesia
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.017
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发表时间：
2008-10-01
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5.4
通讯作者：
Lu, Yao
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作者：
Lu, Yao
先前的研究表明，移民普遍比接收国人口更健康，这一结果通常归因于移民在健康方面的积极选择。然而，由于缺乏足够的数据，这一假设尚未得到充分评估。在本文中，使用印度尼西亚的高质量纵向数据，对国内移民的健康选择性假说（也称为健康移民假说）进行了检验。具体来说，本研究通过比较迁移和未迁移的迁出人口，探讨迁移前的健康状况是否会影响迁移的可能性。结果表明，印度尼西亚的移民往往会根据健康状况进行选择，并且这种选择对于家庭未观察到的异质性是稳健的。然而，健康移民协会的强度和方向因移民类型和健康维度而异。 (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
Previous studies show migrants are generally healthier than the populations in receiving societies, a result generally attributed to the positive selection of migrants on health. This hypothesis, however, has not been adequately evaluated due to lack of adequate data. In this article, using high-quality longitudinal data from Indonesia, the health selectivity hypothesis, also referred to as the healthy migrant hypothesis, is examined with respect to internal migration. Specifically, this study explores whether pre-migration health status affects the likelihood of migration by comparing those from the sending population who do and do not move. Results show that migrants in Indonesia tend to be selected with respect to health and that this selection is robust to household unobserved heterogeneity. However, the strength and direction of the health-migration association vary by types of migration and dimensions of health. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.