Demography, urbanization and development : rural push, urban pull and... urban push ? (English)

Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard models emphasize rural-urban migration, focusing on rural push factors (agricultural modernization and rural poverty) and urban pull factors (industrialization and urban-biased policies). Using new historical data on urban birth and death rates for seven countries from Industrial Europe (1800–1910) and thirty-five developing countries (1960–2010), this paper...

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Jedwab,Remi Camille;

Christiaensen,Luc;

Gindelsky,Marina;
Document Date
2015/06/23
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7333
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World, Europe,
Region
Europe and Central Asia, Other,
Disclosure Date
2015/06/23
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Demography, urbanization and development : rural push, urban pull and... urban push ?
Keywords
Demographic and Health Survey

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Jedwab,Remi Camille; Christiaensen,Luc; Gindelsky,Marina.

Demography, urbanization and development : rural push, urban pull and... urban push ? (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7333 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/806811467986296867

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