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Rural Out-migration

Rural Out-Migration is the demographic phenomenon in which individuals permanently relocate from rural areas to urban or metropolitan regions, distinguished by its role as a principal driver of population decline and labor force depletion in rural development contexts.

1.8K

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102.5K

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3.1K

Authors

1.2K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

462

Variants

Rural-to-urban Migration

Parents

Publications

1.8K

Migration unemployment and development: a two-sector analysis.

Harris, Todaro Mp · American Economic Review · 1970 · 6.4K citations

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Out-of-Africa migration and Neolithic coexpansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with modern humans

Iñaki Comas, Mireia Coscollá, Tāo Luò et al. · Nature Genetics · 2013 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Why some rural areas decline while some others not: An overview of rural evolution in the world

Yuheng Li, Hans Westlund, Yansui Liu · Journal of Rural Studies · 2019 · 802 citations

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Rural-urban migration, urban unemployment and underemployment, and job-search activity in LDCs

Gary S. Fields · Journal of Development Economics · 1975 · 792 citations · Full text

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Rural–urban migration and urbanization in China: Evidence from time-series and cross-section analyses

Kevin Honglin Zhang, Shunfeng Song · China Economic Review · 2003 · 728 citations

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Authors

3.1K

  1. AS
    Aileen Stockdale

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

    16

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  2. SR
    Scott Rozelle

    Stanford University, United States

    13 publications · 1.5K citations

    13

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  3. JC
    John Cromartie

    Economic Research Service, United States

    16 publications · 562 citations

    13

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  4. AD
    Alan de Brauw

    International Food Policy Research Institute, United States

    11 publications · 1K citations

    11

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  5. ST
    Shuangshuang Tang

    Nanjing Normal University, China

    10 publications · 612 citations

    10

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    26 h-index

    70 publications

    6.6K citations

  2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    23 h-index

    62 publications

    5.4K citations

  3. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    19 h-index

    25 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    19 h-index

    36 publications

    4K citations

  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    17 h-index

    25 publications

    3.3K citations

  6. Renmin University of China

    Beijing, China

    16 h-index

    27 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. International Food Policy Research Institute

    Washington D.C., United States

    15 h-index

    22 publications

    2.7K citations

  8. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    19 publications

    1.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Rural Studies

    84 publications · 7.2K citations

    50

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  2. Rural Sociology

    37 publications · 2.6K citations

    27

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  3. Population Space and Place

    40 publications · 2.7K citations

    27

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  4. International Migration Review

    IMR · 35 publications · 2K citations

    25

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  5. The Journal of Development Studies

    24 publications · 2.5K citations

    23

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