title: Information flow, job search, and migration.
abstract: "In this paper, an individual model of rural-urban migration is studied, emphasizing the effects of information flow and urban wage dispersion.  Migration is viewed in the context of a lifetime program of job search.  It is shown that migration can occur even when the mean urban wage is no larger than the rural income flow.... Both the shape and spread of the urban wage dispersion are shown to affect migration behavior significantly."  The geographical focus is on developing countries.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vishwanath
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D007182:Income; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment; Income; Information; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Rural-urban Migration; Socioeconomic Factors; Urban Population; Wages