Effects of internal migration on the human settlements system in Latin America and the Caribbean / Jorge Rodríguez Vignoli.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Rodríguez Vignoli, Jorge, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (25 pages)

Contained In:

CEPAL Review Vol. 2017, no. 123, p. 8-32 2017:123<8 16840348

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2018.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

The gradual abatement of rural-urban migration in Latin America and the Caribbean is leading to growing prevalence of migration between cities, a phenomenon about which little theory or empirical studies have been developed in the region. Accordingly, this work uses census microdata -the only source available in the region for estimating migration between cities- from a dozen countries to: (i) estimate the recent evolution of this migration using categories based on cities' population size (including a residual category that groups municipalities without cities); (ii) estimate the effect of this migration on the composition by sex, age, and education level of these categories of city, and (iii) evaluate in a general and preliminary manner the two-way links between the socioeconomic conditions of cities and the magnitude and effects of migration.

Notes:

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