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Surplus Labour, Social Structure and Rural to Urban Migration: Evidence from Indian Data

This paper examines the empirical implications of the Lewis Model with respect to the relationship between the phenomenon of surplus labour in rural areas and out-migration from these areas to urban areas. It does so by using a micro-economic data set of migrants and non-migrants for India. We find...

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Main Author: Amaresh Dubey; Richard Palmer-Jones; Kunal Sen
Format: Printed Book
Published: The European Journal of Development Research, Vol.18, No.1, March 2006, pp.86-104 2006
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/001813.pdf

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