Do the migration trends, unemployment trends and rural-urban income ratio trends behave in the way you would expect based on the Harris-Todaro model? Explai

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Do the migration trends, unemployment trends and rural-urban income ratio trends behave in the way you would expect based on the Harris-Todaro model? Explain.

Migration to urban areas
(10000s of people)
80
40
Income (1000 CNY)
20
0
-20
сл
A
Urban Unemployment Rate (%)
N
3
0
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
LIL
1985
1985
1990
1985
1990
1995
1990
1995
Rural Urban -Rural agricultural income proportion
2000
1995
2000
2000
Years
2005
2005
ili
2010
2005
2010
Rural-urban income ratio
2010
2015
10.8
T
T
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
¹0.2
O
Income Ratio
Transcribed Image Text:Migration to urban areas (10000s of people) 80 40 Income (1000 CNY) 20 0 -20 сл A Urban Unemployment Rate (%) N 3 0 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 LIL 1985 1985 1990 1985 1990 1995 1990 1995 Rural Urban -Rural agricultural income proportion 2000 1995 2000 2000 Years 2005 2005 ili 2010 2005 2010 Rural-urban income ratio 2010 2015 10.8 T T 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 ¹0.2 O Income Ratio
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