Rural-to-urban migration, human capital, and agglomeration
Abstract: A new general-equilibrium model that links together rural-to-urban migration, the externality effect of the average level of human capital, and agglomeration economies shows that in developing countries, unrestricted rural-to-urban migration reduces the average income of both rural and urban dwellers in equilibrium. Various measures aimed at curtailing rural-to-urban migration by unskilled workers can lead to a Pareto improvement for both the urban and rural dwellers. In addition, the government can raise social welfare by reducing the migration of skilled workers to the city. Moreover, without a restriction on rural-to-urban migration, a government's efforts to increase educational expenditure and thereby the number of skilled workers may not increase wage rates in the rural or urban areas
- Weitere Titel
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Land-Stadt-Migration, Humankapital und Agglomeration
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Umfang
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Online-Ressource
- Anmerkungen
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Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ; 68 (2008) 1 ; 234-247
- Standort
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Klassifikation
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Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Wirtschaft
- DOI
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10.1016/j.jebo.2008.04.003
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-264044
- Rechteinformation
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- Stark, Oded
- Fan, Chengze Simon
Entstanden
- 2008