Life Earnings and Rural-Urban Migration

S-Tier
Journal: Journal of Political Economy
Year: 2004
Volume: 112
Issue: S1
Pages: S29-S59

Score contribution per author:

8.043 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper is a theoretical study of rural-urban migrationurbanizationas it has occurred in many low-income economies in the postwar period. This process is viewed as a transfer of labor from a traditional, land-intensive technology to a human capitalintensive technology with an unending potential for growth. The model emphasizes the role of cities as places in which new immigrants can accumulate the skills required by modern production technologies.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jpolec:v:112:y:2004:i:s1:p:s29-s59
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25