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 7 countries from industrial Europe (1800-1910) and 35 developing countries (1960-2010), the authors argue that...

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Jedwab,Remi Camille;

Christiaensen,Luc;

Gindelsky,Marina;
Document Date
2015/09/21
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
125336
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2018/04/18
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Disclosed
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Demography, urbanization, and development rural push, urban pull, and urban push?
Keywords
urbanization

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

Demography, urbanization, and development rural push, urban pull, and urban push? (English). Author accepted manuscript Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/875671524045135732

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

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