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On the political economy of urbanization: experimental evidence from Mozambique
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Urbanization is a force for economic structural change and is underway in Sub-Saharan Africa. However,
the slow pace of these transformations in some countries likely results from contrary political interests
at the central level. We study the political impacts of a randomized program integrating rural migrants
in Mozambique, sponsored by a city government. In the program, local leaders had an active role in the
face-to-face coaching of migrants. When looking at behaviors around the municipal elections of 2023, we
find that the program increased the political mobilization of local leaders whom we observe conducting
more electoral campaigning. Migrants turn out to the election more often, measured by recording inked
fingers, and are observed to use more political objects, despite the limited labor market impacts of the
integration program. We conclude that helping urbanization can be in the political interest of local
governments.
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Political economy Urbanization Rural migrants Migrant integration Political behavior Mozambique Africa
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Armand, Alex, Mendonça, Frederica, Sandholtz, Wayne Aaron, Vicente, Pedro C. On the Political Economy of Urbanization: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique. (March 2025) Nova SBE Working Paper Series No. 670
Editora
Nova School of Business and Economics