, the authors study the effect of migration on urbanization in South Africa. While they find that on average there is no … populations. Overall, the evidence suggests that exogenous migration shocks can foster urbanization in the medium run …Although Africa has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades, we know little about the process of urbanization …

Young women outnumber young men in cities in many countries during periods of economic growth and urbanization. This … gender imbalance among young urbanites is more pronounced in larger cities. We use the gradual rollout of special economic … zones across China as a quasi-experiment to establish the causes of this gender imbalance. Our analysis suggests that a key …

We review developments in research on within-country migration, focusing on internal migration in the U.S. We begin by … describing approaches to modelling individuals' migration decisions and equilibrium outcomes across local areas. Next, we … summarize evidence regarding the impact of migration on individuals' outcomes, implications of migration for local labor market …

robust to controlling for potentially endogenous return migration and labor force participation. Controls for fixed effects …

robust to controlling for potentially endogenous return migration and labor force participation. Controls for fixed effects …