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Tourism Employment and Poverty: Revisiting the Supply Curve

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  • Michael Riley
  • Edith Szivas

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The authors argue that the theory of the downward-sloping supply curve for labour is relevant to explanations of labour market behaviour in tourism. The paper is founded on the work of Sharif (1986, 1991, 2000), who questioned the definition of subsistence and argued that, in certain conditions, the initial slope of the curve would be downwards. The authors ask whether tourism development could provide these particular conditions. An important distinction is made between the perception of management of the market being in surplus or abundance. If the downward-sloping supply curve is the case, then the distress selling of labour that it implies would have implications for the quality of tourism products and for the capacity of tourism to alleviate poverty.

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  • Michael Riley & Edith Szivas, 2009. "Tourism Employment and Poverty: Revisiting the Supply Curve," Tourism Economics, , vol. 15(2), pages 297-305, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:toueco:v:15:y:2009:i:2:p:297-305
    DOI: 10.5367/000000009788254359
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