Migrants leaving mega-cities: Where they move and why prices matter

Eva-Maria Egger

No wp-2019-113, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Traditional economic models predict rural to urban migration during the structural transformation of an economy. In middle-income countries, it is less clear which direction of migration to expect. In this paper I show that in Brazil as many people move out of as into metropolitan cities, and they mostly move to mid-sized towns. I estimate the determinants of out-migrants' destination choice, accounting for differences in earnings, living costs, and amenities, and I test whether the migrants gain economically by accepting lower wages but enjoying lower living costs.

Keywords: Brazil; Internal migration; Prices; Secondary towns (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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