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DESCRIPTION:Remi Jedwab on&nbsp\;The\nUrban Mortality Transition and the Ri
 se of Poor Mega-CitiesRemi Jedwab\, George Washington UniversityToday\nthe
  world’s largest cities lie in poor countries\, unlike the historical norm
 .\nWe use novel historical data to document that these poor mega-cities ar
 ose only\nafter the post-war mortality transition\, and develop a general 
 equilibrium\nmodel of location choice with heterogeneity in congestion cos
 ts and\ndemographics across locations to account for this. We calibrate th
 e model to\ndata from a sample of developing countries\, and show that the
  urban mortality\ntransition accounted for one-quarter of urbanization and
  half of slum growth\npost-1960. Simulations show that family planning is 
 more effective than\nmigration restrictions and infrastructure in slowing 
 poor mega-city growth.Remi\nJedwab\nis\nAssistant Professor of Economics a
 nd International Affairs at the George\nWashington University. His researc
 h interests are in development and growth\,\nurban economics and political
  economy. His research has been published in the\nAmerican Economic Review
 \, the Review of Economics and Statistics\, the Economic\nJournal\, the Jo
 urnal of Economic Growth and the Journal of Urban Economics.\nRemi holds a
  PhD from the Paris School of Economics.Sponsored by Trade Development and
  Political Economy Group at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\
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SUMMARY:TDPE presents: Remi Jedwab
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><b>Remi Jedwab on&nbsp\;The\nUrban Mortalit
 y Transition and the Rise of Poor Mega-Cities</b></p><p><b>Remi Jedwab\,</
 b> <i>George Washington University</i></p><p>Today\nthe world’s largest ci
 ties lie in poor countries\, unlike the historical norm.\nWe use novel his
 torical data to document that these poor mega-cities arose only\nafter the
  post-war mortality transition\, and develop a general equilibrium\nmodel 
 of location choice with heterogeneity in congestion costs and\ndemographic
 s across locations to account for this. We calibrate the model to\ndata fr
 om a sample of developing countries\, and show that the urban mortality\nt
 ransition accounted for one-quarter of urbanization and half of slum growt
 h\npost-1960. Simulations show that family planning is more effective than
 \nmigration restrictions and infrastructure in slowing poor mega-city grow
 th.</p><p><b>Remi\nJedwab</b>\nis\nAssistant Professor of Economics and In
 ternational Affairs at the George\nWashington University. His research int
 erests are in development and growth\,\nurban economics and political econ
 omy. His research has been published in the\nAmerican Economic Review\, th
 e Review of Economics and Statistics\, the Economic\nJournal\, the Journal
  of Economic Growth and the Journal of Urban Economics.\nRemi holds a PhD 
 from the Paris School of Economics.</p><p><b><i>Sponsored by Trade Develop
 ment and Political Economy Group at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affai
 rs&nbsp\;</i></b><br></p><p> </p>
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