Life Earnings and Rural-Urban Migration
Posted: 26 Jan 2004
Abstract
This paper is a theoretical study of rural-urban migration-urbanization - as it has occurred in many low-income economies in the postwar period. This process is viewed as a transfer of labor from a traditional, land-intensive technology to a human capital-intensive technology with an unending potential for growth. The model emphasizes the role of cities as places in which new immigrants can accumulate the skills required by modern production technologies.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Lucas, Robert E., Life Earnings and Rural-Urban Migration. Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 112, No. 1, pp. S29-S59, February 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=489686
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