Secondary towns and poverty reduction : refocusing the urbanization agenda
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- Christiaensen, Luc & Kanbur, Ravi, 2017. "Secondary Towns and Poverty Reduction: Refocusing the Urbanization Agenda," IZA Discussion Papers 10637, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Christiaensen, Luc & Kanbur, Ravi, 2017. "Secondary Towns and Poverty Reduction: Refocusing the Urbanization Agenda," CEPR Discussion Papers 12072, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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- Luc Christiaensen & Joachim De Weerdt & Ravi Kanbur, 2017.
"Cities, towns, and poverty: Migration equilibrium and income distribution in a Todaro-type model with multiple destinations,"
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434, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
- Christiaensen, Luc & De Weerdt, Joachim & Kanbur, Ravi, 2017. "Cities, Towns, and Poverty: Migration Equilibrium and Income Distribution in a Todaro-type Model with Multiple Destinations," IZA Discussion Papers 10692, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Luc Christiaensen & Joachim De Weerdt & Ravi Kanbur, 2017. " Cities, towns, and poverty: migration equilibrium and income distribution in a todaro-type model with mulitiple destinations," Working Papers LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance 580500, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance.
- Christiaensen, Luc & De Weerdt, Joachim & Kanbur, Ravi, 2017. "Cities, Towns, and Poverty: Migration Equilibrium and Income Distribution in a Todaro-type Model with Multiple Destinations," CEPR Discussion Papers 11994, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Luc Christiaensen & Joachim De Weerdt & Ravi Kanbur, 2017. "Cities, Towns, and Poverty: Migration Equilibrium and Income Distribution in a Todaro-type Model with Multiple Destinations," Working Papers id:11955, eSocialSciences.
- Luc Christiaensen & Joachim De Weerdt & Ravi Kanbur, 2017. "Cities, Towns, and Poverty: Migration Equilibrium and Income Distribution in a Todaro-type Model with Multiple Destinations," LICOS Discussion Papers 39517, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven.
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Keywords
Inequality; Urban Economic Development; National Urban Development Policies&Strategies; Regional Urban Development; Urban Economics; Urban Communities; City to City Alliances;JEL classification:
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
- R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
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