When Distance Drives Destination, Towns Can Stimulate Development (English)

While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly suboptimal destinations. Using an 18-year panel of individuals from this region and information on the possible destinations from the census, this study documents, through dyadic regressions and controlling for...

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De Weerdt,Joachim;

Christiaensen,Luc;

Kanbur,Ravi;
Document Date
2021/04/12
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9622
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Tanzania,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2021/04/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
When Distance Drives Destination, Towns Can Stimulate Development
Keywords
model of labor migration

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De Weerdt,Joachim; Christiaensen,Luc; Kanbur,Ravi.

When Distance Drives Destination, Towns Can Stimulate Development (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9622 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/668891618250244449

When Distance Drives Destination, Towns Can Stimulate Development (English)

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