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Backward-Sloping Labor Supply Functions in Dual Economies — the Africa Case

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Introduction, 468. — I. The dual economy and the migrant labor system, 470. — II. The individual's offer of labor, 472. — III. The supply of labor to the exchange economy as a whole, 480; the level of village income and the supply of labor, 480; the rate of wages and the supply of labor in the exchange sector, 485. — IV. The supply of labor to the territory, 489. — V. Summary and conclusions, 491.

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  • Elliot J. Berg, 1961. "Backward-Sloping Labor Supply Functions in Dual Economies — the Africa Case," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 75(3), pages 468-492.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:75:y:1961:i:3:p:468-492.
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