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The Dual Sector model, or the Lewis model, is a model in developmental economics that explains the growth of a developing economy in terms of a labour transition between two sectors, the subsistence or traditional agricultural sector and the capitalist or modern industrial sector.
A dual economy is the existence of two separate economic sectors within one country, divided by different levels of development, technology, and different patterns of demand. The concept was originally created by Julius Herman Boeke to describe the coexistence of modern and traditional economic sectors in a colonial economy.
Depiction of Phase1, Phase2 and Phase3 of the dual economy model using average output. One of the biggest drawbacks of the Lewis model was the undermining of the role of agriculture in boosting the growth of the industrial sector.
According to the linear stages of growth model, a correctly designed massive injection of capital coupled with intervention by the public sector would ultimately lead to industrialization and economic development of a developing nation. [3] The Rostow's stages of growth model is the most well-known example of the linear stages of growth model. [3]
Agricultural productivity decreases, lowering marginal productivity and wages in the agricultural sector (w A), decreasing the expected rural income. However, even though this migration creates unemployment and induces informal sector growth, this behavior is economically rational and utility-maximizing in the context of the Harris–Todaro model.
Three sectors according to Fourastié Clark's sector model. One classical breakdown of economic activity distinguishes three sectors: [1] Primary: involves the retrieval and production of raw-material commodities, such as corn, coal, wood or iron. Miners, farmers and fishermen are all workers in the primary sector.
Lewis model may refer to: William Arthur Lewis's model of economic development i.e. the dual-sector model; Richard D. Lewis's Lewis Model of Cross-Cultural Communication; Lewis acids and bases, a model proposed by Gilbert N. Lewis; John Lewis Partnership, a British public limited company owned by a trust on behalf of its employees
The Big Push Model is a concept in development economics or welfare economics that emphasizes the fact that a firm's decision whether to industrialize or not depends on the expectation of what other firms will do.