Migrating out of mega-cities: Evidence from Brazil

Traditional economic models predict rural to urban migration during the structural transformation of an economy. In middle-income countries, it is less clear which direction of migration to expect. In this article, the author shows that in Brazil as many people move out as into metropolitan cities a...

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Autor principal:	Egger Eva-Maria
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Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	internal migration secondary towns living costs brazil j61 r23 c35 Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration JV1-9480 City population. Including children in cities, immigration HT201-221
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6d343b548ad2415e8f2f7b758385711f2021-12-05T14:11:07ZMigrating out of mega-cities: Evidence from Brazil2520-178610.2478/izajodm-2021-0003https://doaj.org/article/6d343b548ad2415e8f2f7b758385711f2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2021-0003https://doaj.org/toc/2520-1786Traditional economic models predict rural to urban migration during the structural transformation of an economy. In middle-income countries, it is less clear which direction of migration to expect. In this article, the author shows that in Brazil as many people move out as into metropolitan cities and they mostly move to mid-sized towns. The author estimates the determinants of out-migrants’ destination choice accounting for differences in earnings, living costs, and amenities and tested whether the migrants gain economically by accepting lower wages but enjoying lower living costs. The findings suggest that in their destination choice, out-migrants aim to minimize costs of moving. On average, city-leavers realize higher real wages, including low-skilled migrants who would lose in nominal terms. The article thus provides new evidence on economic incentives to leave big cities in a middle-income country.Egger Eva-MariaSciendoarticleinternal migrationsecondary townsliving costsbrazilj61r23c35Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migrationJV1-9480City population. Including children in cities, immigrationHT201-221ENIZA Journal of Development and Migration, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 24-40 (2021)
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spellingShingle	internal migration secondary towns living costs brazil j61 r23 c35 Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration JV1-9480 City population. Including children in cities, immigration HT201-221 Egger Eva-Maria Migrating out of mega-cities: Evidence from Brazil
description	Traditional economic models predict rural to urban migration during the structural transformation of an economy. In middle-income countries, it is less clear which direction of migration to expect. In this article, the author shows that in Brazil as many people move out as into metropolitan cities and they mostly move to mid-sized towns. The author estimates the determinants of out-migrants’ destination choice accounting for differences in earnings, living costs, and amenities and tested whether the migrants gain economically by accepting lower wages but enjoying lower living costs. The findings suggest that in their destination choice, out-migrants aim to minimize costs of moving. On average, city-leavers realize higher real wages, including low-skilled migrants who would lose in nominal terms. The article thus provides new evidence on economic incentives to leave big cities in a middle-income country.
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Migrating out of mega-cities: Evidence from Brazil

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