Title: Immiserising growth and mobility of capital with and without land in Harris-Todaro model

Authors: Tadashi Inoue

Addresses: Faculty of Economic Science, Hiroshima Shudo University, 1-1-1 Ozukahigashi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima 731-3166, Japan

Abstract: Under various frameworks of Harris-Todaro two sector models, the effects of the change in capital, population and land on outputs, employment of labour, employment ratio of urban sector and welfare are examined. The possibility of immiserising growth is seen to give rise with tariff ridden imports and foreign capital inflow with or without full interest payment repatriation for both sector specific capital and mobile capital irrespective of the existence of land in production function.

Keywords: immiserising growth; Harris-Todaro model; capital mobility; tariff ridden imports; foreign capital inflow; urban informal sector; urban formal sector; rural sector; labour employment; welfare; population; land.

DOI: 10.1504/GBER.2013.050671

Global Business and Economics Review, 2013 Vol.15 No.1, pp.110 - 127

Published online: 30 Oct 2013 *

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