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This paper studies a general equilibrium model of rural-urban migration in which manufacturing firms engage in oligopolistic competition and choose increasing returns technologies to maximize profits. Urban residents incur commuting costs to work in the Central Business District. Surprisingly a...
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This paper analyzes the effects of weather anomalies on migration in sub-Saharan Africa. Theoretically, we show how weather anomalies induce rural-urban migration that subsequently triggers international migration. We distinguish two transmission channels, an amenity and an economic geography...
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This paper assesses recent migration trends in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Within the last decade (1999-2009) the Russian Federation became the world’s second largest recipient of migrants after the United States, while the Ukraine became the fourth largest and Kazakhstan...
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early demographic transition (before 1950) are much richer than latecomers, suggesting that urbanization plays a more … urbanization are substitutable factors that trigger the country’s demographic transition. Finally, if one accepts the premise that …
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This paper assesses recent migration trends in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Within the last decade (1999-2009) the Russian Federation became the world’s second largest recipient of migrants after the United States, while the Ukraine became the fourth largest and Kazakhstan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507026
We investigate the role that climatic change has played in the pattern of urbanization in sub-Saharan countries … the determinants of urbanization. The results of our econometric analysis suggest that climatic change, as proxied by … rainfall, has acted to change urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa but not elsewhere in the developing world. Moreover, this link …
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We investigate the role that climatic change has played in the pattern of urbanization in sub- Saharan African … estimate the determinants of urbanization. The results of our econometric analysis suggest that climatic change, as proxied by … rainfall, has acted to change urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa but not elsewhere in the developing world. Moreover, this link …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005043405
The level of urbanization has increased by over 5 percentage points per decade outside the developed world since 1960 …. Rapid urbanization was accompanied by fast economic growth and job creation in most parts of the world. However, notably … even reversed, the rate of urbanization continued its fast pace. This paper aims to explain this by introducing an …
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encouraged rapid population growth and urbanization of land. The five counties of Southern California – Los Angeles, Orange …
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Recent work in regional science, geography, and urban economics has advanced spatial modeling of land markets and land use by incorporating greater spatial complexity, including multiple sources of spatial heterogeneity, multiple spatial scales, and spatial dynamics. Doing so has required a move...
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