Land requisition has been an important process by which Chinese local governments promote urbanization and generate … that young farmers (age 16-44) are not affected in their migration decisions by land loss through requisition, while some …

, 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 …Although Africa has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades, we know little about the process of urbanization …

This paper argues that urbanization reshapes individual's risk preference by exerting self-selection and assimilation … average. Overall, urbanization improves migrants' risk appetite, and mediated by this improvement, migrants are more likely to …