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C/E/258. Urban-Rural Migration and Deprivation

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1400
DATE:
2008
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19.99 GBP

The paper examines whether the initial village income inequality is more important in determining rural-urban migration than expected wage differentials. The urban - rural migration is considered from a historical and economic perspectives reflecting on the implications of expected wage differentials and relative deprivation as motivating factors for individuals to migrate from rural to urban areas.

 

KEYWORDS: Urban-Rural Migration, Wage, Inequality, deprivation, differentials,

 
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