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TRUE or FALSE 48. The location choices of big labor-intensive companies will have bearing on migration between rural and urban areas.

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48. The location choices of big labor-intensive companies will have bearing on migration between rural and urban areas.

49. Labor turnover is faster in urban companies than in rural companies.

50. The presence of shanty towns relates to a nation’s GINI coefficient.51. Perfect inequality in the distribution of income can be exhibited in reality.

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