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Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
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SAGE OpenUnderstanding how the adoption of information and communication technology (ICT) interacts with years of schooling to impact labour market participation is crucial for developing inclusive digital job policies in emerging economies.
James Dickson Fiagborlo +1 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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Digitalization and its impact on labour market and education. Selected aspects
Education and Information Technologies, 2023 AbstractThe main purpose of the article is to demonstrate the need for multidimensional professional training of employees for challenges related to the rapidly-developing digitalization, which consequently translate into the competitiveness of the economy.
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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong +2 more
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Winners and Losers: Literacy and Enduring Labour Market Inequality in Historical Perspective
Revue Interventions Économiques, 2013 Changes in the global economy have transformed the nature of competitiveness and heightened the importance of basic skills for the economic success of those in the labour market.
Shanti Fernando, Alyson E.King
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar +2 more
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Digital Competence of Young Adults in Poland
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia OeconomicaDigital transformation is a challenge for many areas of modern society functioning. The effects of digitalisation are particularly noticeable in the labour market and are expressed, among others, in new requirements of employers both for professionally ...
Małgorzata Ćwiek +1 more
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The Impact of the Digital Age, with a Focus on the Competitiveness of Human Capital in the Accounting Profession [PDF]
Revista de Studii FinanciareThe purpose of this article is to analyse the impact of the digital economy and technological transformations on industrial and professional competitiveness, with a particular focus on the accounting profession.
Beatrice -Elena Gore +3 more
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The Youth Labour Market, Populism and the Digitalization of Economies
Obnovljeni Život : časopis za filozofiju i religijske znanosti, 2019 Firstly, a basic understanding of economic competition and its role in the lives of the youth is presented. Then two forces are described which have affected the lowest echelons of the labour competition market during the last decade and the political reactions (xenophobic, anti–system) which ensued.
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