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dc.contributor.authorHuntington, Hillard
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T10:34:29Z
dc.date.available2011-05-24T10:34:29Z
dc.date.issued1973-08
dc.identifier.citationHuntington, Hillard (1973) Ethnicity in Kenyan rural-urban migration: a test of the information hypothesis. Working Paper 123, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobien_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/919
dc.description.abstractThe paper examines the importance of information flows in determining the pattern of rural-urban migration in Kenya. The similarity between the ethnic compositions of the rural and urban areas is used to approximate the level of information linking the two areas. Empirical models incorporating this variable provide a more powerful explanation of migration rates, while at the same time causing distance, which is usually hailed as an important force, to be an insignificant determinant of migration. Secondary conclusions include: (a) urban and rural income elasticities appear to have different magnitudes, and (b) the expansion in the urban modern sector does not contribute to the explanation of migration rates.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherInstitute for Development Studies, University of Nairobien_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking papers.;123
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_GB
dc.subjectMigrationen_GB
dc.titleEthnicity in Kenyan rural-urban migration: a test of the information hypothesisen_GB
dc.typeSeries paper (non-IDS)en_GB
dc.rights.holderInstitute for Development Studies, University of Nairobien_GB
dc.identifier.blds323070


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