Timothy J. Hatton|Jeffrey G. Williamson
Demographic and Economic Pressure on Emigration out of Africa*
University of Essex|Harvard University Press
abstract two main forces driving european emigration late nineteenth century real wage gaps sending receiving regions demographic booms lowwage sending regions new estimates net migration countries subsaharan africa show exactly forces driving african acrossborder migration work today results suggest rapid growth cohort potential young emigrants population pressure resource base slow economic growth likely intensify pressure migration africa highwage oecd countries next two decades