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

Yong Jin Kim
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Yong Jin Kim: Dongduk Women's University

Korean Economic Review, 1998, vol. 14, 399-412

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Colonial Industrialization; Geography Model; Migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 O18 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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