Physical, Social, and Informational Barriers to Domestic Migration in India

Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna
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Prithwiraj Choudhury: University of Pennsylvania
Tarun Khanna: Harvard Business School

Chapter 9 in Institutions and Comparative Economic Development, 2012, pp 173-183 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In fast-growing large emerging markets like China and India, labor market inefficiency is palpable. Firms in high-growth sectors face labor shortages while a large proportion of the population continues to live in regions with low employment opportunities. This is a puzzle for neoclassical growth models which suggest that the relative homogeneity in technology, preferences, and institutions across provinces within a country should lead to within-country migration and towards allocative efficiency in the labor market.

Keywords: Labor Market; School District; Physical Infrastructure; Harvard Business School; Regional Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137034014_10

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