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Author:   Robert E.B. Lucas (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, Boston University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 24.60cm , Height: 5.80cm , Length: 16.50cm
Weight:   1.066kg
ISBN:  

9780197602157

ISBN 10:   0197602150
Pages:   704
Publication Date:   03 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: An Introduction and Preview Chapter 2: Data Sources and Issues in Measurement 2.1. Lifetime Migration 2.2. Interim Moves 2.3. Some Comparisons of Alternative Measurement Approaches 2.4. An Implication: Symmetry or Asymmetry in Moves between Rural and Urban Areas? Chapter 3: Country-Specific Magnitudes of Migration between Rural and Urban Sectors 3.1. Measurement Results 3.2. The Country-Specific Contexts. 3.3. Closing Remarks Chapter 4: Who Migrates, Who Stays? 4.1. A Literature Summary 4.2. New Evidence: Characterizing the Movers Chapter 5: Economic Motives and Barriers to Internal Migration 5.1. Labor Migration: The Individualistic View 5.2. Family Decisions and the New Economics of Labor Migration 5.3. On Barriers to Internal Migration 5.4. Extending the Evidence: Selection and the Returns to Migration and Staying Chapter 6: The Roles of Social Networks 6.1. Social Networks and Internal Migration: Approaches and Limitations 6.2. Gravity Models and the Dynamics of Cumulative Inertia 6.3. Urban Networks in Rural-Urban Migration: Nationally Representative Estimates 6.4. Exploring Multiple Networks 6.5. Networks at Origin 6.6. A Summing Up Chapter 7: The Impermanence of Moves: Return and Onward Migration 7.1. Evidence on the Impermanence of Moves 7.2. Return Migration 7.3. Selection and Upward Mobility among Rural-Urban Migrants 7.4. Short-term, Seasonal Migration 7.5. Notes on Repeat and Step Migration Chapter 8: Impacts of Migration upon Families 8.1. Migrant Departure and the Living Standards of Those Left Behind 8.2 Couples: Cohabitation and Migration 8.3. Migration and the Well-being of Children Chapter 9: In Perspective: A Summing Up 9.1. Rural-Urban Migration and Urbanization 9.2. The Role of Rural-Urban Migration in Economic Development 9.3. The Incidence and Importance of Temporary Moves 9.4. The Gender Balance in Crossing the Rural-Urban Divide 9.5. Implications for the Structure and Well-Being of Families 9.6. Rural-urban Migration: The Policy Framework 9.7. A Postscript: The COVID Pandemic Appendix A: Data Sources and Issues in Measurement Appendix B: Country-Specific Magnitudes of Migration between Rural and Urban Sectors Appendix C: Who Migrates, Who Stays? Appendix D: Economic Motives and Barriers to Internal Migration Appendix E: The Roles of Social Networks Appendix F: The Impermanence of Moves: Return and Onward Migration Appendix G: Impacts of Migration upon Families References

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Robert E.B. Lucas has masterfully put together the considerable body of literature available on rural to urban migration in the developing world and then adds fresh insights from his own analysis of quantitative data sources that have not previously been analyzed in these ways. The book goes beyond ambitious; it is encyclopedic in scope but, unlike most encyclopedias, has a single voice from a gifted researcher and author. It will make a major contribution to our understanding of internal migration. * Susan Martin, Donald G. Herzberg Professor Emerita of International Migration, Georgetown University *

Robert E.B. Lucas has masterfully put together the considerable body of literature available on rural to urban migration in the developing world and then adds fresh insights from his own analysis of quantitative data sources that have not previously been analyzed in these ways. The book goes beyond ambitious; it is encyclopedic in scope but, unlike most encyclopedias, has a single voice from a gifted researcher and author. It will make a major contribution to our understanding of internal migration. * Susan Martin, Donald G. Herzberg Professor Emerita of International Migration, Georgetown University *

Robert E.B. Lucas has masterfully put together the considerable body of literature available on rural to urban migration in the developing world and then adds fresh insights from his own analysis of quantitative data sources that have not previously been analyzed in these ways. The book goes beyond ambitious; it is encyclopedic in scope but, unlike most encyclopedias, has a single voice from a gifted researcher and author. It will make a major contribution to our understanding of internal migration. * Susan Martin, Donald G. Herzberg Professor Emerita of International Migration, Georgetown University *

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Robert E.B. Lucas is Professor of Economics, Boston University. He is also Research Affiliate at the Center for International Studies, MIT.

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