Rural-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : A Survey of Theoretical Predictions and Empirical Findings

The migration of labor from rural to urban areas is an important part of the urbanization process in developing countries. Even though it has been the focus of abundant research over the past five decades, some key policy questions have not found clear answers yet. To what extent is internal migrati...

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Main Authors:	Lall, Somik V., Selod, Harris, Shalizi, Zmarak
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY CAPITAL MARKETS CITIES COMPENSATION CONSUMPTION LEVELS DISEQUILIBRIUM DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT DOMESTIC WORKERS DUAL ECONOMY EARNINGS INEQUALITY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC THEORY ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY EQUILIBRIUM EXOGENOUS SHOCK EXPECTED RETURN EXPECTED UTILITY EXPECTED WAGES EXTERNALITIES FORCED MIGRATION FULL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH MODELS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HIGH WAGE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCREASING RETURNS INEFFICIENCY INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOB SEARCH JOB SEEKERS JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR SUPPLY LABOR TURNOVER LIFE EXPECTANCY MANUFACTURING WAGE MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL PRODUCTS MIGRANTS MIGRATION PATTERNS MIGRATION POLICIES MIGRATION RATES MINIMUM WAGE MOBILITY NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES OCCUPATIONS OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT PERFECT COMPETITION PROPERTY RIGHTS REAL WAGES RETURN MIGRATION RISK AVERSE RISK AVERSION RURAL LABOR RURAL WORKERS SKILL GROUPS SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL WELFARE SURPLUS LABOR TOTAL LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED WORKER UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM UNEMPLOYMENT RATE URBAN URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN EMPLOYMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN LABOR URBAN LAND URBAN POPULATION URBAN SECTOR URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN WORKERS URBANIZATION URBANIZATION PROCESS WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE SUBSIDIES WAGE SUBSIDY WEALTH WORKER HETEROGENEITY WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6770863/rural-urban-migration-developing-countries-survey-theoretical-predictions-empirical-findings http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8669

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6770863/rural-urban-migration-developing-countries-survey-theoretical-predictions-empirical-findings
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8669

Rural-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : A Survey of Theoretical Predictions and Empirical Findings

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