Matthew Kahn, Siqi Zheng
The large productivity gaps across regions or sectors within developing countries create an enduring development puzzle: Why do workers remain in low productivity areas when they could experience wage gains elsewhere (Gollin et al. 2014)? It is important to understand the drivers of worker location choices, as migration has the potential to produce substantial economic gains. The literature proposes a few explanations for the low rates of within-country mobility observed across the world: migration costs may be high, migration may be risky, and potential migrants may lose something valuable that they possess at home, that they cannot easily take with them.
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Google Doodle honours Sir Arthur Lewis
Article by December 10, 2020
SOURCE: Loop News St Lucia – St Lucia’s Nobel Laureate, economist and professor Sir William Arthur Lewis is being celebrated by Google 41 years after he was awarded the Nobel Laureate Prize in economics.
Lewis was the first Black faculty member at the London School of Economics, the first Black person to hold a chair in a British university (at Manchester University), and the first Black instructor to receive full professorship at Princeton University.
According to Google, the Doodle which was illustrated by Manchester-based guest artist Camilla Ru, was created to mark this day in 1979 when Lewis was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his pioneering work to model the economic forces that impact developing countries.
Google is honouring economist, professor, and author Sir W Arthur Lewis with a doodle today, illustrated by Manchester-based artist Camilla Ru. In 1979, on this day, Sir W Arthur Lewis was jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his work to model the economic forces that impact developing countries. One of the pioneers in the field of modern development economics, Sir Lewis was the first Black faculty member at the London School of Economics, first Black person to hold a chair in a British university, and the first Black instructor to receive full professorship at Princeton University.
What was Sir Arthur Lewis contribution to economics?
An acclaimed economist, Sir W Arthur Lewis was celebrated for his contributions in the field of economic development. Google celebrated him with a doodle today.