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SUBMITTER: Feler L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3375947 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Feler Leo L Henderson J Vernon JV
Journal of urban economics 20101022 3
Localities in developed countries often enact regulations to deter low-income households from moving in. In developing countries, such restrictions lead to the emergence of informal housing sectors. To deter low-income migrants, localities in developing countries withhold public services to the informal housing sector. Using a large sample of Brazilian localities, we examine migration and exclusion, focusing on the public provision of water to small houses where low-income migrants are likely to ...[more]