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Rural-urban migration at high urbanization levels

Busso, Matias; Chauvin, Juan Pablo; Herrera L., Nicolás - 2020

This study assesses the empirical relevance of the Harris-Todaro model at high levels of urbanization a feature that characterizes an increasing number of developing countries, which were largely rural when the model was created 50 years ago. Using data from Brazil, the paper compares observed...

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Do Rural Migrants Benefit from Labor Market Agglomeration Economies? Evidence from Chinese Cities

Yang, Guangliang - 2017

We combine the 2005 China Inter-Census Population Survey data and the 2004 China Manufacturing Census to test whether workers, particularly rural migrants, benefit from labor market Marshallian externalities. We find that workers in general, and rural migrants in particular, benefit from labor...

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Language and Wage Determination in a Segmented Urban Labor Market : Evidence from Canada

Li, Qiang - 2014

I build a simple model of labor market segmentation in this paper. People of different language origins form separate urban labor submarkets. Utilizing the reported work language in the 2001 Census of Canada Public Use Microdata File on Individuals, I identify workers' labor market segments and...

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Inserting the Internal Migration and Forced Displacement in Colombia's Urban Labor Market (Inserción De La Migración Interna Y El Desplazamiento Forzado En El Mercado Laboral Urban...

Guataqui, Juan Carlos; Silva, Carolina - 2014

The economic outcomes of the inception of both recent migrants and IDPs into the labor market of the main 10 urban areas of Colombia are analyzed using information from the Continuous Household Survey (ECH). We adapt the theoretical framework provided by Borjas (1982, 1985, 1987, 1990) to the...

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Long-term effects of weather-induced migration on urban labor and housing markets

Busso, Matias; Chauvin, Juan Pablo - 2023

This paper explores the effects of weather-induced rural-urban migration on urban labor and housing markets in Brazil. In order to identify causal effects, it uses weather shocks to the rural municipalities of origin of migrants. We show that larger migration shocks led to an increase in...

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Urban wage premium increasing with education level : identification of agglomeration effects for Norway

Carlsen, Fredrik; Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll - 2012 - First draft: February 15, 2012

Income levels are higher in cities. The evidence for the income gap between urban and rural areas is overwhelming, but the agglomeration effect is hard to identify. Recent advances make use of individual level data to separate out sorting and instrumentation to handle the endogeneity of...

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Jobs or amenities : what determines the migration balances of cities?

Buch, Tanja; Hamann, Silke; Niebuhr, Annekatrin; … - 2012

The population growth of cities in industrialized countries is characterized by striking disparities. While some cities experience a kind of resurgence in recent years others suffer from an ongoing depopulation. In this context an important issue refers to the question whether labour market...

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Location choices of highly educated foreign workers : the importance of urban amenities

Levkovich, Or; Rouwendal, Jan - 2014 - This version: June 29th 2014

Current developed economies' growth becomes increasingly dependent on the performance of innovation and skill-intensive industries. Therefore, the ability of cities to attract skilled or highly-educated individuals becomes more and more important for their growth and economic development. In...

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Telework and time use

Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff; Vernon, Victoria - 2021

. Telework results in significant time savings for workers, as they reduce time on commuting and grooming activities by over one …, the reduction in commuting due to telework leads to reduced congestion during peak travel times, especially in the morning …This chapter reviews the evidence on the relationship between telework and households' time allocation, drawing heavily …

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Telework and time use

Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff; Vernon, Victoria - 2021

time on commuting and grooming activities by over one hour on telework days. This time is reallocated to household and …This chapter reviews the evidence on the relationship between telework and households' time allocation, drawing heavily … on the empirical evidence from time diary data, and discusses the implications of telework for workers' productivity …

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