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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2017
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10637
Verlag: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
This review is framed around the exploration of a central hypothesis: A shift in public investment towards secondary towns from big cities will improve poverty reduction performance. Of course the hypothesis raises many questions. What exactly is the dichotomy of secondary towns versus big cities? What is the evidence for the contribution of secondary towns versus cities to poverty reduction? What are the economic mechanisms for such a differential contribution and how does policy interact with them? We find preliminary evidence and arguments in support of our hypothesis, but the impacts of policy on poverty are quite complex even in simple settings, and the question of secondary towns and poverty reduction is an open area for research and policy analysis.
Schlagwörter: 
secondary towns
poverty reduction
mega cities
urbanization
rural-urban migration
Zipf's Law
JEL: 
I32
J61
O18
R12
R23
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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