Research on migration in Africa : past, present, and future

The paper reviews the present knowledge of African rural-urban migration and suggests future directions for improved theory and methodology for economic research on migration.

Byerlee, Derek · 1970

Abstract

The focus of the paper is on reviewing the recent literature (particularly since independence) on rural-urban migration from an economist"s perspective. The following topics are covered: Characteristics of migrants; the process of rural-urban migration; the rural-urban income differential; noneconomic factors in migration; distortion in factor markets; migration as a capital transfer; externalities associated with migration; improved theory; improved methodology and integrating migration research and policy analysis.

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