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The Agricultural Household in Bangladesh: A Disaggregated Empirical Analysis With Particular Emphasis on the Demand for Food Calories

Quayes, Muhammad Shakil

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Title
The Agricultural Household in Bangladesh: A Disaggregated Empirical Analysis With Particular Emphasis on the Demand for Food Calories
Author(s)
Quayes, Muhammad Shakil
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Rashid, Salim
Department of Study
Economics
Discipline
Economics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Health Sciences, Nutrition
Language
eng
Abstract
The motivation for the third chapter is to find empirical support to justify increased rate of rural and urban migration. Here we estimate the pattern of consumption behavior of urban and rural households and look for existing differences. Using Todaro's model of expected wages for a migrant worker, we calculate the net benefit derived from rural-urban migration. Under realistic assumptions, we show that the benefit derived from immigration to cities outweighs the cost of emigration on rural economies. Therefore, from efficiency's point of view migration is a good thing and justifies the idea increased of rural-urban migration.
Graduation Semester
2000
Type of Resource
text
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