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A net transfer of labour from farm to non-farm employment has been occurring for many decades. There have been large variations in the flow over time and among countries, but the direction has been persistent. The exodus during the last decade, however, probably exceeds that of any other previous decade.
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E. O. Heady, ‘Basic Economic and Welfare Aspects of Farm Technological Advance’, Journal of Farm Economics, Vol. xxxi, May 1949, pp. 293–316.
J. R. Bellerby, Agriculture and Industry, Relative Income, Oxford University Press, 1956.
E. D. Smith, ‘Nonfarm Employment Information for Rural People’, Journal of Farm Economics, Vol. 38, 1956, p. 820.
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Bishop, C.E. (1969). The Mobility of Rural Manpower. In: Papi, U., Nunn, C. (eds) Economic Problems of Agriculture in Industrial Societies. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08476-0_13
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