Do you expect rural-urban migration to increase urban informality in developing countries? Our forthcoming paper at @ecmaeditors.bsky.social with @gulyssea.bsky.social finds the opposite. We show that between 2000 and 2010 drought-induced migration decreased informality in Brazilian cities.

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