The urban informal sector and development in China

2019 ◽  
pp. 269-287
Author(s):  
Jiwei Qian
2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 631-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saibal Kar ◽  
Sugata Marjit

Author(s):  
G. Subrahmanyam ◽  
C.S. Venkata Ratnam ◽  
R. Satya Raju

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hautahi Kingi

AbstractI analyze the welfare effects of a policy of modern sector enlargement (MSENL), and a policy of increasing the efficiency of on-the-job search from the urban informal sector (IEOS) in a generalized Harris-Todaro model. I show that MSENL causes a Lorenz worsening of the income distribution and IEOS causes a Lorenz improvement. In a rare direct application of the Atkinson theorem, I conclude that MSENL decreases social welfare and IEOS increases social welfare for all anonymous, increasing and Schur-concave social welfare functions.


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