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Cohort-specific rural-urban migration in Africa.

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Becker, CM; Grewe, CD
Published in: Journal of African economies
June 1996

"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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Journal of African economies

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ISSN

0963-8024

Publication Date

June 1996

Volume

5

Issue

2

Start / End Page

228 / 270

Related Subject Headings

  • Transients and Migrants
  • Research
  • Population Dynamics
  • Population Characteristics
  • Population
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Development Studies
  • Developing Countries
  • Demography
 

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Becker, C. M., & Grewe, C. D. (1996). Cohort-specific rural-urban migration in Africa. Journal of African Economies, 5(2), 228–270. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020904
Becker, C. M., and C. D. Grewe. “Cohort-specific rural-urban migration in Africa.Journal of African Economies 5, no. 2 (June 1996): 228–70. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020904.
Becker CM, Grewe CD. Cohort-specific rural-urban migration in Africa. Journal of African economies. 1996 Jun;5(2):228–70.
Becker, C. M., and C. D. Grewe. “Cohort-specific rural-urban migration in Africa.Journal of African Economies, vol. 5, no. 2, June 1996, pp. 228–70. Epmc, doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020904.
Becker CM, Grewe CD. Cohort-specific rural-urban migration in Africa. Journal of African economies. 1996 Jun;5(2):228–270.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of African economies

DOI

ISSN

0963-8024

Publication Date

June 1996

Volume

5

Issue

2

Start / End Page

228 / 270

Related Subject Headings

  • Transients and Migrants
  • Research
  • Population Dynamics
  • Population Characteristics
  • Population
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Development Studies
  • Developing Countries
  • Demography