The Substitutability of Emigrants and Non-migrants in the Construction Sector of Pakistan
To predict the impact of emigration on labour displacement and factor rewards, a translogarithmic production function has been used. The estimation determined that unskilled emigrants and skilled and unskilled non-migrants have a complementarity with capital. While skilled emigrants and capital are substitutes, they are complementary with unskilled non-migrants. Based on these results, the model predicts displacement of unskilled non-migrants in the short run. Long-run predictions include an increase in wages of all kinds of workers and the adoption of capital-intensive techniques.
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1990
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Authors: | Mahmood, Zafar |
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The Pakistan Development Review. - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. - Vol. 29.1990, 2, p. 123-136
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Pakistan Institute of Development Economics |
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