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

In: Institutions and Comparative Economic Development

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  • Prithwiraj Choudhury

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Tarun Khanna

    (Harvard Business School)

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.

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  • Prithwiraj Choudhury & Tarun Khanna, 2012. "Physical, Social, and Informational Barriers to Domestic Migration in India," International Economic Association Series, in: Masahiko Aoki & Timur Kuran & Gérard Roland (ed.), Institutions and Comparative Economic Development, chapter 9, pages 173-183, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-137-03401-4_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137034014_10
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    1. Blankenship, Brian & Aklin, Michaël & Urpelainen, Johannes & Nandan, Vagisha, 2022. "Jobs for a just transition: Evidence on coal job preferences from India," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).

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