Labour Absorption in Agriculture: Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Investigation

By R.M. Sundrum

Book Overview

Combining a wide range of analytical models and empirical investigations, this book describes international and historical variations in agricultural labor absorption in Asia, and argues that poor countries should aim to increase output and employment in the agricultural sector instead of following the practice of developed nations of economic progress and employment through urban industrialization.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198772041
• ISBN13: 9780198772040
• Release Date: July 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 340 Pages