Unemployment and cross-country income differences
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A study was conducted to show that unemployment is favorable to monopoly rights. A high unemployment rate causes monopolies to realize that it is difficult to find new jobs. Because of this, monopolies can protect their vested interests by lobbying government to set high standards to potential entrants with superior technologies.
Publication Name: Journal of Developing Areas
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0022-037X
Year: 2007
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Optimal policies in a three-sector economy with open unemployment and surplus labor
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A study suggesting optimal wages and human resources policies for three-sectors i.e., subsistence agriculture sector, commercial agriculture sector and manufacturing sector, is presented. The study also examines the effect of labor surpluses in rural regions on unemployment in urban regions due to migrant laborers.
Publication Name: Journal of Developing Areas
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0022-037X
Year: 2005
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Tourism, guest workers, and resident immiserization
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The authors find that guest workers working in the tourism industry can have a negative effect on home workers when there is unemployment.
Publication Name: Journal of Developing Areas
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0022-037X
Year: 2003
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