Cohort-specific rural-urban migration in Africa.

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Journal Article

"Rural-urban migration has been modeled by both demographers and economists since the 1960s. Little regard has been given by either discipline for the other's models.... The purpose of this paper is to address this void in the African context. We examine three hypotheses: (1) that variables explaining the net urban in-migration rates vary with the age of the migrants; (2) that changes in the availability of services in urban areas [are] a factor in migration; and (3) that cohort structures (age pyramids) are also part of the explanation."

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Becker, CM; Grewe, CD

Published Date

  • June 1996

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 5 / 2

Start / End Page

  • 228 - 270

PubMed ID

  • 12348403

Pubmed Central ID

  • 12348403

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0963-8024

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020904

Language

  • eng