Small Firms and Unemployment in a Two‐sector Model

Prabir C. Bhattacharya

Australian Economic Papers, 1999, vol. 38, issue 4, 446-460

Abstract: This paper presents a two‐sector model of an economy – one sector consisting of large firms with institutionally determined wage (the Formal sector) and the other sector consisting of small firms (the Informal sector). The paper examines the effects of changes in benefits, entrepreneurial zeal, and the institutionally determined wage in the Formal sector on unemployment. It concludes with brief comments on the role of aggregate demand and supply policies in reducing unemployment in this economy.

Date: 1999
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