Informal Sector, Migration, and the Beginnings of Structural Transformation

Prabir Bhattacharya is an economist affiliated to both Glasgow and Heriot-Watt Universities. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics and was formerly editor-in-chief of the Progress in Development Studies. He has taught at various universities including the University College London, University of Edinburgh, Yokohama National University, Kobe University and the University of Science and Technology Beijing.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Informal Sector and Structural Transformation.- 3. The Informal Sector and Rural-to-Urban Migration.- 4. A Test of Two Rival Migration Models.- 5. An Analysis of Rural-to-Rural Migration.- 6. Conclusions.