The Impact of Migration Status on Household Financial Resilience during the Indonesian Crisis: A Case Study

Literature on migration has shown that those who are more ambitious, more aggressive, more entrepreneurial, and more able are more likely to move. This paper examines whether the household financial resilience of migrants is different from that of non-migrants. Non-migrants are further differentiated between movers (who earn their living outside their residence) and stayers (who earn their living within their residence). The analysis, based on data collected in August 1998, one year after the crisis started, by the Indonesian Central Board of Statistics, concludes that difference in household financial resilience reflects geographical difference, irrespective of whether they are migrants, movers, or stayers.