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The Factors Affecting Colonial Industrialization Through the Metro Worker's Migration

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  • Yong Jin Kim

    (Dongduk Women's University)

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This paper attempts to ï¬ nd out the factors aflecting the colonial industrialization based on the modiï¬ ed Krugman’s model. We assume that technology transfer is possible only through the migration of farmers and workers from the metro to the colony. With this assumption, we ï¬ nd a surprising result that in the lower level of industrialization a metro is, the more likely its colony can be industrialized. We also obtain the following additional results: With the higher agricultural productivity (market size) of the colony, or with the lower transport cost, the more likely the colony can be industrialized. Thus, these results can explain the difference in colonial industrialization between India and Korea.

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  • Yong Jin Kim, 1998. "The Factors Affecting Colonial Industrialization Through the Metro Worker's Migration," Korean Economic Review, Korean Economic Association, vol. 14, pages 399-412.
    • Handle: RePEc:kea:keappr:ker-199812-14-2-10
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    Keywords

    Colonial Industrialization; Geography Model; Migration;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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