“…The few, non-nationally representative, studies that have examined emotional well-being have found that, in Indonesia, those who migrate from rural to urban areas experience more sadness compared to those who remain in rural areas ( Lu, 2010 ), and, in Malawi, only women who migrate to urban areas experience negative emotional well-being ( Anglewicz et al, 2018 ). In Peru, having social support and work status have been identified as a potential mechanism for emotional regulation among internal migrants ( Espinoza et al, 2021 ). We build on this important work by identifying differences in emotional well-being outcomes among migrants—after accounting for unobservable characteristics to minimize bias—and innovatively measure different elements of migration such as, simply, the act itself, the distance, and then whether jurisdictional boundaries were crossed; the latter two which add further logistical complexities to resettling.…”