How can apartheid-type labor controls be explained in terms of economic objectives and political coalitions? What were the implications of these controls for development in terms of: 1 the speed and diffusion of agricultural mechanization (Hornbeck and Naidu 2012; Schirmer 2004), 2 the capital intensity and geography of industrialization?; and Wilse-Samson (2012) a.g. [...] How can apartheid-type labor controls be explained in terms of economic objectives and political coalitions? What were the implications of these controls for development in terms of: 1 the speed and diffusion of agricultural mechanization (Hornbeck and Naidu 2012; Schirmer 2004), 2 the capital intensity and geography of industrialization?; and 3 the (sustainability of) pre-existing political coali. [...] March 19, 2013 10 / 15 Important sources of shocks to labor demand are price increases (leaving the gold standard, end of the Bretton Woods system) and new gold finds Biggest thing (maybe), was the labor supply shocks (Malawi, etc) An example — Mining recruitment Shocks The state’s drive for mechanization of agriculture starting from the 1960s included the incremental (across districts and provinc. [...] March 19, 2013 11 / 15 Biggest thing (maybe), was the labor supply shocks (Malawi, etc) An example — Mining recruitment Shocks The state’s drive for mechanization of agriculture starting from the 1960s included the incremental (across districts and provinces) outlawing of the “labor tenant” relationship on farms, and led to farm evictions, the elimination of ‘black spots’ and the creation of ‘surp. [...] March 19, 2013 11 / 15 An example — Mining recruitment Shocks The state’s drive for mechanization of agriculture starting from the 1960s included the incremental (across districts and provinces) outlawing of the “labor tenant” relationship on farms, and led to farm evictions, the elimination of ‘black spots’ and the creation of ‘surplus labor pools’ in the homelands.
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