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An Extension Of Sen'S Model Of 1he Valuation Of Labour In Surplus Labour Economjfs

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  • A. P. THIRLWALL

    (University of Kent at Canterbury)

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Professor A. K. Sen argues in his book Choice of Techniques l that if the objective of a surplus labour economy is to maximise growth, as opposed . to the level of immediate output, and savings are suboptimal, labour drawn from the agricultural to the industrial sector should not be regarded as 'costless' even though its marginal product may have been zero. The reasoning is that while the marginal product of the labour may be positive in industry, a low-shadow wage will cause consumption out of money wages to increase more than production reducing the size of the investible surplus. If greater importance is attached to an additional unit of saving than consumption, the transference of labour involves a 'cost' in terms of extra consumption.

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  • A. P. Thirlwall, 1970. "An Extension Of Sen'S Model Of 1he Valuation Of Labour In Surplus Labour Economjfs," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 10(3), pages 393-396.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:10:y:1970:i:3:p:393-396
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    1. Muhammad Irfan, 2010. "A Review of the Labour Market Research at PIDE 1957-2009," PIDE Books, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, number 2010:1 edited by Rashid Amjad & Aurangzeb A. Hashmi, December.

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