A model of urban-rural migration and fertility

Christopher K. Manner
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Christopher K. Manner: Lambuth University

Journal of Developing Areas, 2003, vol. 37, issue 1, 55-71

Abstract: A simple human capital model of migration and fertility is designed in an attempt to analyze the interrelations between rural-urban migration and fertility. The model utilizes a "reproduction function" in which realized births depend on both the preferences of parents and the supply of births (i.e., fecundity). The model implies that migrants will not be randomly self-selected with respect to fecundity. Further, rural-urban differences in prices and incomes are shown to influence the fertility behavior of migrants.

Date: 2003
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