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The urban learning premium : evidence from Peru

Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu; Pozo Segura, Juan … - 2025

We examine the urban learning and schooling premium in Peru using two approaches: 1) estimating the effect of local population density on pupils' value-added in learning between grades two to eight, 2) quasi-experimental Census estimations on the effects of the duration of urban exposure in...

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Agglomeration and firm-level productivity in African cities

Visagie, Justin; Turok, Ivan - 2026

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Dairy farming and the rural exodus

Andersson, Jonatan; Ulväng, Göran - 2026

This article studies the role of disamenity work in the rural sector in the shift in the urban sector and growth of cities. We focus on the effects of dairy farming, a sector with famously harsh working conditions, in Sweden around the turn of the twentieth century on rural-urban migration,...

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Unraveling urban advantages : a meta-analysis of agglomeration economies

Donovan, Stuart; Graaff, Thomas de; Groot, Henri L. F. de; … - In: Journal of economic surveys 38 (2024) 1, pp. 168-200

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Urbanization and income inequality

Akita, Takahiro - 2024

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China's urbanization

Gu, Chaolin - 2024

"This book tries to root its exploration of China’s urbanization in the very local realities of China from the … perspective of urban geography and international urbanization theory. The research is of large scale, full process and boasts the … feature of multidimensional and systematic thinking. In order clearly illustrate the full dimensions of China’s urbanization …

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Digital roots or digital routes? : broadband expansion and the rural-urban migration in China

Ma, Shuang; Mu, Ren - 2025

This study investigates broadband internet's impact on rural-urban migration in China, using the Universal Broadband and Telecommunication Services pilot program as a quasi-experimental setting. Analyzing China Household Finance Survey data (2013-2021) through difference-in-differences...

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Exploring latent dimensions of in situ urbanization in northern rural Kazakhstan through structural equation modeling

Zhenskhan, Darima; Alipbeki, Onggarbek; Lim, Song-soo; … - In: Asia-Pacific journal of regional science 9 (2025) 2, pp. 329-355

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Internal migration over the course of urbanization in developing countries

Lerch, Mathias; Du, Wenxiu; Beckendorff, Dorothee - In: Population and development review 51 (2025) 3, pp. 1022-1046

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Urbanization without structural transformation? : a case study of the Nairobi metropolitan area

Magero, Joshua - 2025

Using data from Kenya's 2016 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises survey, the 2017 Census of Establishments, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions, this paper examines the patterns of structural transformation as well as its drivers and barriers in Nairobi. The findings show that...

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