Title Migration, human capital, and poverty in a dual-economy model of a developing country / Paul R. Masson

Published [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (36 pages) : illustrations Series IMF working paper ; WP/01/128 IMF working paper ; WP/01/128. Summary The coexistence of urban and rural poverty and migration to cities is studied in a dual economy model where the acquisition of skills is costly and involves migration to urban areas. In this model, both the distribution of innate abilities and the distribution of wealth matter for the migration decision, and costs of backmigration may produce an urban poverty trap if unemployment lowers household wealth below the cost of skills acquisition Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-36) Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Dual economy -- Developing countries -- Econometric models Rural-urban migration -- Developing countries -- Econometric models Human capital -- Developing countries -- Econometric models Unemployment -- Developing countries -- Econometric models Poverty -- Developing countries -- Econometric models Rural-urban migration -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Econometric models Human capital -- Econometric models. Poverty -- Econometric models. Rural-urban migration -- Econometric models. Unemployment -- Econometric models. Developing countries. Form Electronic book Author International Monetary Fund. Research Department. ISBN 1451855052 9781451855050

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