Migration, human capital, and poverty in a dual-economy model of a developing country /

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Author / Creator:	Masson, Paul R.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., ©2001.
Description:	1 online resource (36 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper ; WP/01/128 IMF working paper ; WP/01/128.
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.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12497742

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Other authors / contributors:	International Monetary Fund. Research Department.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-36). Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. 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 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Masson, Paul R. Migration, human capital, and poverty in a dual-economy model of a developing country. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., ©2001

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