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- Title
Dynamic equilibria with unemployment due to undernourishment.
- Authors
Ray, Debraj; Streufert, Peter A.
- Abstract
We provide characterization and stability results for the stationary equilibria of a competitive infinite-horizon model that incorporates the nutritional requirements of physical labor. We find that for many aggregate land stocks, there is a large continuum of stationary equilibrium unemployment rates. Since unemployment can be seen to stem from inequality in the initial distribution of land ownership, we suggest that certain land reforms can reduce unemployment.
- Subjects
UNEMPLOYMENT; LAND economics; LAND tenure; LAND reform; ECONOMIC policy; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR supply
- Publication
Economic Theory, 1993, Vol 3, Issue 1, p61
- ISSN
0938-2259
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF01213692