Labour Market Dualism in the Lewis Model: Reply

Fields, Gary S.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9957.2006.00498.x

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“…There are two mutually contradictory mechanisms here, and many authors including Lewis have been ambiguous in this regard. The latest debate is between Brown (2006) and Fields (2004, 2006), 52 years after the publication of the Lewis (1954) paper. This paper defines two mechanisms.…”

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“…While the determination of the real wage in the modern sector is at the core of the Lewis model (Fields, 2004), Lewis (1954, 1972, 1979) is unclear on the mechanisms at work (Fields, 2006). It is one of the main issues in the important debate between Fields (2006) and Brown (2006). This section sets out the conditions for the existence of two mutually contradictory mechanisms in the dual sector models and their relationship with the unlimited supply of labour.…”

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“…However, although the general framework of the Lewis dual economy model is insightful the fundamental concepts and micro‐mechanisms, especially the definition of surplus labour, the wage determination mechanisms in both the traditional and modern sectors and the dynamics of labour flows between the two sectors lack sufficient detail and are still unclear (Brown, 2006; Fields, 2006). 3 This lack of a micro‐foundation has been a barrier to further development of the model and prevented it from being used rigorously in empirical research 4…”

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“…Thus, an interesting issue is why these two mechanisms are contradictory. Fields (2006, p. 356) explains:…”

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The Micro‐foundations of Dual Economy Models*

Wang

Piesse

2011

The Manchester School

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This paper provides microfoundations for dual economy models. First, the patterns of production and population growth in the traditional agricultural sector are examined. This shows the connection between long‐run per capita income and subsistence wages. Second, it proves the existence of surplus labour and defines two types of surplus labour. Third, it considers two wage determination mechanisms in the modern sector and their relationships with the requirement for labour market restrictions. Fourth, the labour market is linked to food supply. Fifth, the dynamics of surplus labour and labour transfer are considered and two types of turning point are defined.

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“…Thus, an interesting issue is why these two mechanisms are contradictory. Fields (2006, p. 356) explains:…”

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Piesse

2011

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“…On the one hand, it's small size, along with potentially restrictive costs of credit and a high rate of crime against the self-employed (Fields, 2006). On the other hand, a very high reservation wage due to the arbitration by the unemployed between any support and the low and subjective wages of the informal sector Knight, 2001 and.…”

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Is the Informalisation of Developing Countries a Solution to Graduate Unemployment? A Gender Based Approach in Cameroon

Engama¹

2018

IJBSS

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The structuring of the labour market based on the formal/informal duality is becoming a major characteristic of developing countries, especially Cameroon. Demographic pressure leads to an increase in the number of graduates, which contrasts with the decline in the demand for labour in the formal sector and the growth of the informal sector may suggest that this sector is beneficial for graduates. This study shows, in the sight of the insecure nature of jobs and the low wages of the workers, that the informal sector serves only asameans of survival of the individuals who engage into it and that women are victims of wage discrimination in this sector.

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Growth and development with dual labor markets

Villamil

Wang

Zou

2020

The Manchester School

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This paper develops a formal growth model in which there is a dual labour market. Unlike most developed countries where the neoclassical labour market might be a reasonable approximation, many developing countries have a large number of under-utilized labourers in the agricultural sector, and gradual industrial development does not drive up the wage level (Lewis, 1954). Lewis (1954) proposed a dual economy framework characterized by the separation of the modern industrial sector from the traditional agricultural sector. Labour in the traditional agricultural sector is plentiful, frequently having low or even zero marginal product, while in the modern industrial sector labour has a positive marginal product. The modern industrial sector's wage is determined by their marginal product but in the traditional agricultural sector, people's income level is determined by their

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Labour Market Dualism in the Lewis Model: Reply

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

The Micro‐foundations of Dual Economy Models*

The Micro‐foundations of Dual Economy Models*

Is the Informalisation of Developing Countries a Solution to Graduate Unemployment? A Gender Based Approach in Cameroon

Growth and development with dual labor markets

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