Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander; … - 2016
) of slums in Brazil. We then conduct policy counterfactuals. For instance, we find that cracking down on slums could slow …The emergence of slums is a common feature in a country's path towards urbanization, structural transformation and … model to examine the conditions for slums to emerge. We then use the model to examine whether slums are barriers or stepping …