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Chapter 7

Urbanization and
Rural-Urban
Migration: Theory
and Policy

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The Migration and Urbanization
Dilemma
• Urbanization: trends and projections

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Figure 7.1 Urbanization and Per
Capital Income in Selected Countries

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Figure 7.2 Urbanization across
Time and Income Levels

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Figure 7.3 Proportion of Urban
Population by Region, 1950-2030

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Figure 7.4 Megacities: Cities with
Ten Million or More Inhabitants

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Figure 7.5 Estimated and Projected Urban
and Rural Population of the More and Less
Developed Regions, 1950-2030

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Figure 7.6 Annual Growth of Urban
and Slum Populations, 1990-2001

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The Role of Cities

• Agglomeration economies, Urbanization


economies, Localization economies
• Industrial districts
• Efficient urban scale

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The Urban Giantism Problem

• First- city bias


• Causes of Urban Giantism

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Table 7.1 Population of the Largest
and Second-Largest Cities in Selected
Countries (millions)

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Figure 7.6 Annual Growth of Urban
and Slum Populations, 1990-2001

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The Urban Informal Sector

• Importance of the informal sector in


developing economies
• Policies for the Urban Informal Sector
• Women in the Informal Sector

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Figure 7.8 Importance of Informal
Employment in Selected Cities

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Figure 7.9 Youth Unemployment
Rates, 1995 and 2005

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Migration and Development

• Rural-to-urban migration was viewed


positively until recently
• The current view is that this migration is
greater than the urban areas’ abilities to
– Create jobs
– Provide social services

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Figure 7.10 Components of
Migration in Selected Countries

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Toward an Economic Theory of
Rural-Urban Migration
• A verbal description of the Todaro model
– Migration is a rational decision
– The decision depends on expected rather than actual
wage differentials
– The probability of obtaining a city job is inversely related
to the urban unemployment rate
– High rates of migration are outcomes of rural urban
imbalances
• A Diagrammatic Presentation

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Figure 7.11 Schematic Framework for
Analyzing the Rural-to-Urban Migration
Decision

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Figure 7.12 The Harris-Todaro
Migration Model

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Toward an Economic Theory of
Rural-Urban Migration

LM
WA  (W M )
LUS
Where
WA is agricultural income,
LM is employment in manufacturing
LUS is total urban labor pool
WM is the urban minimum wage

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Toward an Economic Theory of
Rural-Urban Migration
• Five Policy Implications
– Reduction of urban bias
– Imbalances in expected income opportunities is crucial
– Indiscriminate educational expansion fosters increased
migration and unemployment
– Wage subsidies and scarcity factor pricing can be
counterproductive
– Programs of integrated rural development should be
encouraged

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A Comprehensive Migration
and Employment Strategy
• Create a urban-rural balance
• Expand small, labor intensive industries
• Eliminate factor-price distortion
• Choose appropriate technologies
• Modify the linkage between education and
employment
• Reduce population growth
• Decentralize authority

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Case Study: India

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Case Study: Botswana

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Concepts for Review

• Agglomeration • Present value


externalities • Rural-urban migration
• Congestion • Social capital
• Efficiency wage • Todaro migration model
• Expected income • Urban bias
• Induced migration • Urbanization economies
• Informal sector • Wage subsidy
• Labor turnover
• Localization economies

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