title: Urbanization in a developing country:  city size and population composition.
abstract: Reasons for the high correlation between city size and educational attainment in developing countries are explored.  "Two explanations are examined. First, the types of goods produced in larger cities require relatively high skill labor inputs.  Second, public and perhaps private services demanded by higher skill people are only offered in larger cities.  The paper econometrically tests these hypotheses for Brazil, estimating the elasticities of substitution (or typically complementarity) between high and low skill labor and the 'bright lights' effect for high versus low skill labor."
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001938:Brazil; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D007843:Latin America; D011153:Population; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013020:South America; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Americas; Brazil; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Labor Force; Latin America; Population; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; South America; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization