In the context of the Harris-Todaro model of rural-urban migration, which one of the following is TRUE? (A) Unemployment in the urban sector emerges because rural-urban migration occurs primarily due to the higher expected wage income in the urban sector (B) Unemployment in the urban sector emerges because rural workers migrate to the cities and towns due to the expected shortage of unskilled labour in the urban sector (C) Unemployment in the urban sector emerges because the rural wage rate is institutionally fixed by the local body at a higher level than the urban wage rate (D) Unemployment in the rural sector emerges because urban workers migrate to the rural sector due to the higher expected wage income in the advanced economies

GATE 2024 Question 31: Theories of development

In the context of the Harris-Todaro model of rural-urban migration, which one of the following is TRUE?

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