Migrants, Markets, and Mayors : Rising Above the Employment Challenge in Africa’s Secondary Cities - Key Insights (English)

In our rapidly urbanizing world, mayors often see migrants as a burden to their city’s labor market and a threat to its development. Drawing on national household surveys and four secondary city case studies in Africa, this study finds that migrants, being younger, better educated and/or complementary to the resident labor force, usually strengthen the urban labor force. In secondary cities, labor market outcomes for migrants are at least as good...

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Christiaensen,Luc;

Lozano Gracia,Nancy;
Document Date
2022/01/14
Document Type
Report
Report Number
166963
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2022/01/14
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Migrants, Markets, and Mayors : Rising Above the Employment Challenge in Africa’s Secondary Cities - Key Insights
Keywords
migrant

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Christiaensen,Luc; Lozano Gracia,Nancy.

Migrants, Markets, and Mayors : Rising Above the Employment Challenge in Africa’s Secondary Cities - Key Insights (English). Jobs Working Paper|no. 63 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/581181639545470049

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