A spatial analysis of the determinants of Inter-regional migration: evidence from Ghana
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Keywords
Inter-regional migration; urbanization; spatial analysis; gravity model of migration; Ghana;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIG-2022-11-14 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-URE-2022-11-14 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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