Chaudhuri, Sarbajit and Banerjee, Dibyendu (2010): FDI in Agricultural Land, Welfare and Unemployment in a Developing Economy.
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Abstract
The paper purports to examine the consequences of foreign direct investment (FDI) in agricultural land in a developing economy using a three-sector general equilibrium model with simultaneous existence off unemployment of both skilled and unskilled labour. The analysis finds that FDI in agriculture does not only improve national welfare unequivocally but also mitigates unemployment problem of both types of labour. The paper theoretically justifies the desirability of flow of FDI in agriculture in the developing economies.
Item Type: | MPRA Paper |
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Original Title: | FDI in Agricultural Land, Welfare and Unemployment in a Developing Economy |
English Title: | FDI in Agricultural Land, Welfare and Unemployment in a Developing Economy |
Language: | English |
Keywords: | FDI in agricultural land; national welfare; unemployment; fair wage hypothesis; skilled labour; unskilled labour; general equilibrium |
Subjects: | F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F13 - Trade Policy ; International Trade Organizations J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J4 - Particular Labor Markets > J41 - Labor Contracts F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F10 - General O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O15 - Human Resources ; Human Development ; Income Distribution ; Migration |
Item ID: | 23488 |
Depositing User: | Sarbajit Chaudhuri |
Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2010 01:33 |
Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2019 00:33 |
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URI: | https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/23488 |