As a result of substitution of capital for labor in agriculture and rigid demand of urban sectors for migrant workers,the rural-to-urban migration becomes irreversible process,and Todaro dogma,which aims to limit the ...As a result of substitution of capital for labor in agriculture and rigid demand of urban sectors for migrant workers,the rural-to-urban migration becomes irreversible process,and Todaro dogma,which aims to limit the migration under the assmnption of ＂come-and-go＂ migration pattern,becomes and old-fashioned theory for policy-making.By empirically confirming the advent of the Lewis turning poing-namely,a new stage of labor migration and more generally of economic development,the paper reveals the policy implication of the Lewis turning point and proposes the policy reforms needed for a complete urbanization,including hukou system reform and equalization of public services.展开更多
文摘As a result of substitution of capital for labor in agriculture and rigid demand of urban sectors for migrant workers,the rural-to-urban migration becomes irreversible process,and Todaro dogma,which aims to limit the migration under the assmnption of ＂come-and-go＂ migration pattern,becomes and old-fashioned theory for policy-making.By empirically confirming the advent of the Lewis turning poing-namely,a new stage of labor migration and more generally of economic development,the paper reveals the policy implication of the Lewis turning point and proposes the policy reforms needed for a complete urbanization,including hukou system reform and equalization of public services.
