Foreign Investment, Urban Unemployment, and Informal Sector

Yabuuchi, Shigemi; Beladi, Hamid; Wei, Gu

doi:2005.20.1.123

The Journal of Economic Integration 2005 March;20(1) :123-138.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11130/jei.2005.20.1.123

Foreign Investment, Urban Unemployment, and Informal Sector

Shigemi Yabuuchi, Hamid Beladi, Gu Wei,

Nagoya City University
North Dakota State University
Kansai Research Institute

ABSTRACT

In this paper we extend the Harris-Todaro model to include an urban informal sector. The effects of exogenous inflow of foreign capital on outputs, unemployment and welfare are examined in the model where the product of the informal sector is used as an industrial input in the urban formal sector. We also analyze the implications of the capital inflow for income distribution.

JEL Classification: F21, R23, O17

Keywords: Harris-Todaro model | Foreign investment | Welfare

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