2005/02/01 by Barry McCormick, Jackline Wahba · 1 citation
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Demographic economics #Developing country #Economic growth #Economics #Geography #Labour economics #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Preference #Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis #Socioeconomics #Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies #Wage
paper · doi:10.1111/j.0013-0427.2005.00401.x
openalex publication_date 2005/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
Do the young and educated in LDCs have a greater preference to locate in big cities? If so, this may help to explain how cities spatially concentrate the educated and young, and why the rising share of these workers in many LDCs may contribute to city growth. This paper explores migration flows into and out of Egypt's three largest cities. We study whether the higher shares of such workers in cities arise because these workers perceive relatively greater benefits from living in cities, given relative urban/rural wage rates, or because the relative demand for these workers rises with city size.