Intersectoral size differences and migration: Kuznets revisited Anbarci, Nejat and Ulubasoglu, Mehmet 2005, Intersectoral size differences and migration: Kuznets revisited, in Proceedings of the Australian Conference of Economists, University of Melbourne/Conference Maker, Melbourne, Vic., pp. 1-40. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Intersectoral size differences and migration: Kuznets revisited Author(s) Anbarci, Nejat orcid.org/0000-0001-5952-8086 Ulubasoglu, Mehmet orcid.org/0000-0003-3055-5755 Conference name Australian Conference of Economists (2005: Melbourne, Vic.) Conference location Melbourne, Vic. Conference dates 26-28 September 2005 Title of proceedings Proceedings of the Australian Conference of Economists Editor(s) Dixon, Robert Publication date 2005 Conference series Australian Conference of Economists Start page 1 End page 40 Publisher University of Melbourne/Conference Maker Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Summary The empirical evidence on the Kuznets hypothesis ranges from positive or negative support to insignificant relationships. Most studies typically try this hypothesis in domains different than the one conceived by Kuznets, which pertains to the industrialization-led urbanization (i.e., significant rural-urban migration) phase of societies. In this paper, we offer a specific channel on Kuznets' hypothesis in his suggested domain. First, we establish theoretically that intersectoral urban-rural size differences result in an intersectoral income inequality, increasing the national inequality. This, in turn, prompts an intersectoral migration, which works as an equilibriating mechanism in the economy, decreasing the inequality in due course. We then successfully test the predictions of the model. The theoretical predictions yield a recursive triangular system, in which we test, i) how the sectoral size differences influence the agricultural income, ii) how a change in agricultural income acts on migration, and iii) what happens to the income distribution as a result of migration. We find a very strong support for the theoretical predictions and the Kuznets hypothesis in its own domain. ISBN 9780734026088 0734026080 Language eng Field of Research 140202 Economic Development and Growth HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30009681 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 28 Jan 2009, 10:49:01 EST Wed, 05 Aug 2009, 11:22:32 EST Wed, 05 May 2010, 10:40:27 EST Mon, 07 Jun 2010, 13:54:59 EST Fri, 16 Mar 2012, 16:37:11 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2015, 13:25:30 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1101 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 07:01:00 EST