A Harris-Todaro Agent-Based Model to Rural-Urban Migration

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1. Verfasser: Aquino L. Espíndola
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contents A Harris-Todaro Agent-Based Model to Rural-Urban Migration Aquino L. Espíndola Jaylson J. Silveira T. J. P. Penna Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas Agent Harris based model Todaro model Econophysics The Harris-Todaro model of the rural-urban migration process is revisited under an agent-based approach. The migration of the workers is interpreted as a process of social learning by imitation, formalized by a computational model. By simulating this model, we observe a transitional dynamics with continuous growth of the urban fraction of overall population toward an equilibrium. Such an equilibrium is characterized by stabilization of rural-urban expected wages differential (generalized Harris-Todaro equilibrium condition), urban concentration and urban unemployment. These classic results obtained originally by Harris and Todaro are emergent properties of our model. 2006 artículo científico 0103-9733 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46413654002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=464 Brazilian Journal of Physics application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Física Brazilian Journal of Physics (Brasil) Num.3A Vol.36
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publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Física
spellingShingle A Harris-Todaro Agent-Based Model to Rural-Urban Migration
Aquino L. Espíndola
Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
Agent
Harris
based model
Todaro model
Econophysics
A Harris-Todaro Agent-Based Model to Rural-Urban Migration Aquino L. Espíndola Jaylson J. Silveira T. J. P. Penna Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas Agent Harris based model Todaro model Econophysics The Harris-Todaro model of the rural-urban migration process is revisited under an agent-based approach. The migration of the workers is interpreted as a process of social learning by imitation, formalized by a computational model. By simulating this model, we observe a transitional dynamics with continuous growth of the urban fraction of overall population toward an equilibrium. Such an equilibrium is characterized by stabilization of rural-urban expected wages differential (generalized Harris-Todaro equilibrium condition), urban concentration and urban unemployment. These classic results obtained originally by Harris and Todaro are emergent properties of our model. 2006 artículo científico 0103-9733 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46413654002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=464 Brazilian Journal of Physics application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Física Brazilian Journal of Physics (Brasil) Num.3A Vol.36
title A Harris-Todaro Agent-Based Model to Rural-Urban Migration
topic Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
Agent
Harris
based model
Todaro model
Econophysics
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46413654002