Here, the basic (Harris-Todaro) model, also shown in the class
slides, is shown:
M = β(WUe –
WR), where
M = migration from the rural to the urban sector
WUe= the expected urban wage =
pWU, where WU is the actual urban wage,
p is the probability of finding an urban job, i.e., the
employment rate measured as E/(E+U),
where E = employed and U = unemployed.
W* = the subsistence wage in the rural sector that exists in the...