Cohort-specific rural-urban migration in Africa

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 228-270

  Becker, Charles M ^a   Grewe, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE; DEVELOPING REGION; MIGRATION DETERMINANTS; MIGRATION RATE; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION;

AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; METHODOLOGY; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION--DETERMINANTS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION--DETERMINANTS;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0030444975     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020904     Document Type: Article

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