Demography, urbanization and development: Rural push, urban pull and … urban push?

Remi Jedwab; Luc Christiaensen; Marina Gindelsky

doi:10.1016/j.jue.2015.09.002

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Demography, urbanization and development: Rural push, urban pull and … urban push?

Remi Jedwab Luc Christiaensen Marina Gindelsky

Journal of Urban Economics Vol. 98 pp. 6-16 · Elsevier BV

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Remi Jedwab, Luc Christiaensen, Marina Gindelsky (2017). Demography, urbanization and development: Rural push, urban pull and … urban push?. Journal of Urban Economics, 98, 6-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2015.09.002

Demography, urbanization and development: Rural push, urban pull and … urban push?

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