Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push?

Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push?

Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard models emphasize rural–urban migration, focusing on rural push factors (agricultural modernization and rural poverty) and urban pull factors (industrialization and urban-biased policies). Using new historical d...

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Main Authors: Jedwab, Remi, Christiaensen, Luc, Gindelsky, Marina
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2018
Subjects:
URBANIZATION
MIGRATION
RURAL POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION
DEMOGRAPHICS
MORTALITY
URBAN MORTALITY
URBAN PUSH
POPULATION GROWTH
CONGESTION
SLUMS
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29357
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spelling okr-10986-293572021-05-25T10:54:44Z Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push? Jedwab, Remi Christiaensen, Luc Gindelsky, Marina URBANIZATION MIGRATION RURAL POVERTY AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION DEMOGRAPHICS MORTALITY URBAN MORTALITY URBAN PUSH POPULATION GROWTH CONGESTION SLUMS Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard models emphasize rural–urban migration, focusing on rural push factors (agricultural modernization and rural poverty) and urban pull factors (industrialization and urban-biased policies). Using new historical data on urban birth and death rates for 7 countries from Industrial Europe (1800–1910) and 35 developing countries (1960–2010), we argue that a non-negligible part of developing countries’ rapid urban growth and urbanization may also be linked to demographic factors, i.e. rapid internal urban population growth, or an urban push. High urban natural increase in today’s developing countries follows from lower urban mortality, relative to Industrial Europe, where higher urban deaths offset urban births. This compounds the effects of migration and displays strong associations with urban congestion, providing additional insight into the phenomenon of urbanization without growth. 2018-02-12T19:40:42Z 2018-02-12T19:40:42Z 2017-03 Journal Article Journal of Urban Economics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29357 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic URBANIZATION
MIGRATION
RURAL POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION
DEMOGRAPHICS
MORTALITY
URBAN MORTALITY
URBAN PUSH
POPULATION GROWTH
CONGESTION
SLUMS
spellingShingle URBANIZATION
MIGRATION
RURAL POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION
DEMOGRAPHICS
MORTALITY
URBAN MORTALITY
URBAN PUSH
POPULATION GROWTH
CONGESTION
SLUMS
Jedwab, Remi
Christiaensen, Luc
Gindelsky, Marina
Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push?
description Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard models emphasize rural–urban migration, focusing on rural push factors (agricultural modernization and rural poverty) and urban pull factors (industrialization and urban-biased policies). Using new historical data on urban birth and death rates for 7 countries from Industrial Europe (1800–1910) and 35 developing countries (1960–2010), we argue that a non-negligible part of developing countries’ rapid urban growth and urbanization may also be linked to demographic factors, i.e. rapid internal urban population growth, or an urban push. High urban natural increase in today’s developing countries follows from lower urban mortality, relative to Industrial Europe, where higher urban deaths offset urban births. This compounds the effects of migration and displays strong associations with urban congestion, providing additional insight into the phenomenon of urbanization without growth.
format Journal Article
author Jedwab, Remi
Christiaensen, Luc
Gindelsky, Marina
author_facet Jedwab, Remi
Christiaensen, Luc
Gindelsky, Marina
author_sort Jedwab, Remi
title Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push?
title_short Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push?
title_full Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push?
title_fullStr Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push?
title_full_unstemmed Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push?
title_sort demography, urbanization and development : rural push, urban pull and... urban push?
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2018
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29357
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