Rural urban migration in developing countries : a survey of economic theory and empirical evidence

This survey focuses on the theoretical and empirical aspects of rural-urban migration as a determinant of the observed rapid urbanisation in developing countries. The theoretical work covers the neo-classical as well as alternative economic theories of migration. The empirical component covers work on the determinants of migration and attempts to test the economic theories. The more recent modelling and simulation techniques of the computable general equilibrium models (CGE) are then discussed and their merits assessed.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

School of Economics

Year dc:date.issued

2000

Author dc:creator

• Welch, Matthew

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5678

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5678