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Optimal policies in a three sector economy with open unemployment and surplus labor

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  • A. Wahhab Khandker
  • Salim Rashid
  • Osman Suliman

    (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA
    University of Illinois, USA
    Millersville University, USA)

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This article analyzes a three-sector economy with a significant subsistence sector. Previous studies essentially derived first-best conditions based on an optimal subsidy system where technical efficiency is achieved. In our model, technical efficiency cannot exist from within our system. A unique feature of our model is the existence of an endogenous subsidy implying that a full-employment subsidy can only be non-uniform. Adjustment in the endogenous subsidy by the amount of wage differentials will equalize wage rates in the market economy. Full employment can be achieved if and only if the marginal products of the two modern sectors are equalized with the subsistence wage. That is, significant reduction of the subsistence sector is a necessary and sufficient condition for acquiring full employment in a three-sector economy

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  • A. Wahhab Khandker & Salim Rashid & Osman Suliman, 2005. "Optimal policies in a three sector economy with open unemployment and surplus labor," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, vol. 39(1), pages 99-107, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:jda:journl:vol.39:year:2005:issue1:pp:99-107
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    Keywords

    Open Unemployment; Surplus Labor; Endogenous Subsidy; Optimal Subsidy;
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    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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