Rural-Urban Migration, Urbanization, and Economic Development

Bibliographic Data

ID4362291
AuthorsJacques Ledent (0000-0001-5827-6905, corresponding author)
Year1982
Volume30
Issue3
Pages507-538
Publication date1982-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/452574
OpenAlexW1983349862
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited1

This paper presents an analytical expression of the rural net outmigration rate compatible with a logistic evolution of the part of the population that is urban in a rural-urban population system. The formula obtained represents a function consistent with the mobility revolution hypothesis of Zelinsky (1971): the rural net migration rate first increases, then passes through a maximum, and finally decreases toward zero. \n \nIn addition, such a formula is used to determine the dates at which, in selected developing countries, the rural net outmigration rate will start to decline; and to estimate the degree of economic development beyond which the rural net outmigration rate levels off

Agricultural economics · Archaeology · China · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Metropolitan area · Political science · Population · Sociology · Urbanization · Zhàng · Demography · Land Use and Ecosystem Services

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