کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
971997 1479681 2006 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Climatic change and rural–urban migration: The case of sub-Saharan Africa
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Climatic change and rural–urban migration: The case of sub-Saharan Africa
چکیده انگلیسی

We investigate the role that climatic change has played in the pattern of urbanization in sub-Saharan African countries compared to the rest of the developing world. To this end we assemble a cross-country panel data set that allows us to estimate the determinants of urbanization. The results of our econometric analysis suggest that climatic change, as proxied by rainfall, has acted to change urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa but not elsewhere in the developing world. Moreover, this link has become stronger since decolonization, which is likely due to the often simultaneous lifting of legislation prohibiting the free internal movement of native Africans.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Urban Economics - Volume 60, Issue 3, November 2006, Pages 357–371
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