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Migration and urbanization in post-apartheid South Africa

Bakker, Jan David; Parsons, Christopher R.; Rauch, Ferdinand - In: The World Bank economic review : WBER 34 (2020) 2, pp. 509-532

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Migration and urbanization in post-apartheid South Africa

Bakker, Jan David; Parsons, Christopher R.; Rauch, Ferdinand - 2019

Although Africa has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades, we know little about the process of urbanization …, the authors study the effect of migration on urbanization in South Africa. While they find that on average there is no … populations. Overall, the evidence suggests that exogenous migration shocks can foster urbanization in the medium run …

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Task specialization in U.S. cities from 1880-2000

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand; Redding, Stephen J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

We develop a new methodology for quantifying the tasks undertaken within occupations using 3,000 verbs from around 12,000 occupational descriptions in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOTs).Using micro-data from the United States from 1880-2000, we find an increase in the employment share...

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Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880-2000

Rauch, Ferdinand; Michaels, Guy; Redding, Stephen J. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013

We develop a new methodology for quantifying the tasks undertaken within occupations using 3,000 verbs from around 12,000 occupational descriptions in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOTs). Using micro-data from the United States from 1880-2000, we find an increase in the employment...

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Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880-2000

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We develop a new methodology for quantifying the tasks undertaken within occupations using 3,000 verbs from around 12,000 occupational descriptions in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOTs). Using micro-data from the United States from 1880-2000, we find an increase in the employment share...

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Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880-2000

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand; Redding, Stephen J. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

We develop a new methodology for quantifying the tasks undertaken within occupations using 3,000 verbs from around 12,000 occupational descriptions in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOTs). Using micro-data from the United States from 1880-2000, we find an increase in the employment share...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607590