Michael Todaro

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Michael Todaro is affiliated with the following schools: Yale University, New York University

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According to Wikipedia, Michael Paul Todaro is an American economist and a pioneer in the field of development economics. Todaro earned a PhD in economics from Yale University in 1968 for a thesis titled The Urban Employment Problem in Less Developed Countries – An Analysis of Demand and Supply. Todaro was Professor of Economics at New York University for eighteen years and Senior Associate at the Population Council for thirty years. He lived and taught in Africa for six years. He appears in Who's Who in Economics and Economists of the Twentieth Century. He is also the author of eight books and more than fifty professional articles. In a special February 2011 centenary edition, the American Economic Review selected Todaro’s article “Migration, Unemployment and Development: A 2-Sector Analysis” as one of the twenty most important articles published by that journal during the first one hundred years of its existence. He is the co-author of the widely used textbook, Economic Development, 12th Edition, published in 2014.

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Michael Todaro's Published Works

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Migration, Unemployment & Development: A Two-Sector Analysis (1970) (4805)
Migration , Unemployment and Developmnent : A Two-Sector Analysis (2007) (3698)
A Model for Labor Migration and Urban Unemployment in Less Developed Countries (1969) (3020)
World Development Report 1990. (1990) (1741)
Economic Development in the Third World. (1981) (1493)
The Informal Economy—Studies in Advanced and Less Developed Countries (1990) (1044)
Internal migration in developing countries (1976) (347)
International migration systems: a global approach. (1992) (323)
Internal Migration in Developing Countries: A Survey (1980) (302)
Illegal migration and US immigration reform: a conceptual framework. (1987) (265)
World Development Report 1988. (1988) (194)
Economics for a developing world: An introduction to principles, problems and policies for development (1977) (188)
Human Development Report 1992. (1992) (160)
Internal migration in developing countries: a review of theory, evidence, methodology and research (1977) (146)
Urban job expansion, induced migration and rising unemployment: A formulation and simplified empirical test for LDCs (1976) (131)
Urbanization, unemployment and migration in Africa: Theory and policy [Arabic] (1997) (128)
Family Structure, Implicit Contracts, and the Demand for Children in Southern Nigeria (1988) (120)
Development strategy, employment, and migration : insights from models (1997) (98)
Income expectations, rural-urban migration and employment in Africa. (1996) (88)
On the Economics of International Labor Migration. (1989) (72)
Economic Development in the Third World, Fourth Edition. (1990) (71)
Economic Development in the Third World.@@@Economics for a Developing World. (1977) (64)
City Bias and Rural Neglect: The Dilemma of Urban Development (1981) (55)
Elderly Migration and Population Redistribution. (1993) (54)
International Migration in Developing Countries. A Review of Theory, Evidence, Methodology and Research Priorities (1978) (49)
TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER, LABOUR ABSORPTION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1969) (47)
Economic Development in the Third World: An Introduction to Problems and Policies in a Global Perspective (1977) (45)
Urbanization in Developing Nations: Trends, Prospects, and Policies. (1980) (40)
Population Mobility in Developing Countries: A Reinterpretation. (1991) (37)
Migration and economic development: a review of theory, evidence, methodology and research priorities (1976) (36)
The immigration debate : remaking America (1996) (32)
World Urbanization Prospects: The 1992 Revision. Estimates and Projections of Urban and Rural Populations and of Urban Agglomerations. (1994) (30)
Globalization and the new world order : promises, problems, and prospects for Africa in the twenty-first century (1998) (27)
Labor Migration and Urban Unemployment: Reply (1970) (25)
Rural—Urban Migration, Unemployment and Job Probabilities: Recent Theoretical and Empirical Research (1976) (25)
Urban unemployment in East Africa: an economic analysis of policy alternatives (1968) (25)
Urbanization in Africa : a handbook (1995) (25)
Wages, industrial employment and labour productivity: the Kenyan experience (1969) (24)
World Urbanization Prospects 1990: Estimates and Projections of Urban and Rural Populations and of Urban Agglomerations. (1991) (23)
Migration and economic development (1981) (23)
Urban Poverty and the Labour Market. (1990) (22)
The Changing Course of International Migration. (1994) (20)
Economic Development in the Third World. An Introduction to Problems and Policies in a Global Perspective (1978) (18)
Educational demand and supply in the context of growing unemployment in less developed countries (1973) (17)
The New Geography of European Migrations. (1995) (17)
Demography from Scanty Evidence: Central Africa in the Colonial Era. (1990) (16)
Estimates and Projections of Urban, Rural and City Populations, 1950-2025: The 1982 Assessment. (1985) (16)
Development Planning: Models and Methods (1973) (15)
Trends in International Migration: Continuous Reporting System on Migration. (1993) (12)
Reflections on Economic Development: The Selected Essays of Michael P. Todaro (1995) (11)
Population, Resources and the Environment: The Critical Challenges. (1992) (10)
Change: Threat or Opportunity for Human Progress? (1992) (9)
Family Structure Implicit Contracts and the Demand for Children: A Consideration of Southern Nigerian Data (1987) (8)
Labour Market Developments and Structural Change: The Experience of Asean and Australia (1988) (8)
A two sector model of migration with urban unemployment in developing economies (1968) (8)
The struggle for economic development : readings in problems and policies (1983) (8)
Towards a theory of female migration in developing countries (1978) (8)
Some thoughts on the transfer of technology from developed to less-developed nations (1969) (8)
Rural-to-urban labour migration: a tabulation of the responses to the questionnaire used in the migration survey (1970) (7)
Development Policy and Population Growth: A Framework for Planners (1977) (7)
Education, society and development: Some main themes and suggested strategies for international assistance☆ (1974) (7)
Reflections on economic development (1995) (7)
Instructor's manual to accompany Todaro, Economic development. (1994) (6)
Industrialization, Employment and the Choice of Alternative Vintage Equipment in Less Developed Countries (1970) (5)
Migration, Population Growth and Employment in Metropolitan Areas of Selected Developing Countries. (1985) (5)
CHAPTER 11 – The Influence of Education on Migration and Fertility (1980) (5)
Approaches That Work in Rural Development. (1989) (4)
A theoretical note on labour as an ‘inferior’ factor in less developed economies (1969) (4)
Migration and Urbanization in Asia and the Pacific: Interrelationships with Socio-economic Development and Evolving Policy Issues. (1994) (3)
Economic Theory: An Integrated Text with Special Reference to Tropical Africa and Other Developing Areas (1982) (3)
International Migration and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Volume I: Overview; Volume II: Country Analyses. (1991) (2)
Economic theory : an integrated text with special reference to developing areas (1973) (1)
Rural Households in Emerging Societies: Technology and Change in sub-Saharan Africa. (1993) (1)
Education and Development: A New Look at Old Shibboleths (1975) (1)
Incomes from Work: Between Equity and Efficiency. (1988) (1)
Development policy and population growth : a suggested practical framework for developing country planners (1977) (1)
For Earth's Sake: A Report from the Commission on Developing Countries and Global Change. (1993) (1)
IMPACT OF SELF-HELP GROUP SCHEME ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MEWAT (2017) (0)
Policies Affecting Rural/Urban Migration in Africa (1975) (0)
Back Matter (1975) (0)
MIGRANT LABOUR IN THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY : A BURDEN OR A BLESSING ? (2016) (0)
Socio-economic Development and International Migration : A Turkish Study “ The causes and consequences of continued internal as well as international migration lie at the heart of the contemporary development problem ” (0)
Book Reviews (2001) (0)
Wage policy and employment in a developing economy (1968) (0)
6. Internal Migration in Developing Countries: A Survey (2019) (0)

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