Rural-to-urban migration, human capital, and agglomeration

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 234-247

  Fan, C Simon ^a   Stark, Oded ^b,c,d,e  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e Warsaw School of Economics ^*

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Public policies; Rural to urban migration; The externality effect of the average level of human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449108301     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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