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Agent-based model to rural–urban migration analysis

✍ Scribed by Jaylson J. Silveira; Aquino L. Espíndola; T.J.P. Penna

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
422 KB
Volume
364
Category
Article
ISSN
0378-4371

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✦ Synopsis

In this paper, we analyze the rural-urban migration phenomenon as it is usually observed in economies which are in the early stages of industrialization. The analysis is conducted by means of a statistical mechanics approach which builds a computational agent-based model. Agents are placed on a lattice and the connections among them are described via an Ising-like model. Simulations on this computational model show some emergent properties that are common in developing economies, such as a transitional dynamics characterized by continuous growth of urban population, followed by the equalization of expected wages between rural and urban sectors (Harris-Todaro equilibrium condition), urban concentration and increasing of per capita income.

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