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Industrial Development and Labor Absorption: A Reinterpretation
Population and Development Review, 1984Experts on national development agree that the ultimate justification for their work is the attainment of a better standard of living by the populations of impoverished countries. Although strategies to achieve this goal vary widely and although most current research focuses on aggregate economic measures such as gross national product growth, the ...
Alejandro Portes, Lauren Benton
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Vaginal absorption of hexachlorophene during labor
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1983Surgical soap that contains hexachlorophene is used as an antiseptic lubricant for vaginal examinations during labor in some centers. Theoretically, hexachlorophene can be absorbed from the vaginal mucosa and be potentially toxic to the fetus and neonate.
D M, Strickland +4 more
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Intrapreneurship and absorptive capacities: The dynamic effect of labor mobility
Technovation, 2021Abstract While the importance of absorptive capacities for the engagement in innovative activities has been addressed in numerous studies, the drivers remain an open question. As absorptive capacities are indispensably linked to an individual's human capital, the management of these capacities needs to consider the mobility of individuals.
Audretsch, David B. +3 more
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Manpower, Labor Absorption, and Employment in Colombia
Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, 1976The unemployment problem in Colombia was recently discussed by Geithman and Landers (1973) in this journal. They argue that one of the fundamental causes of unemployment is a “higher capital-labor ratio” than would otherwise exist, according to factor endowments and the structure of final demand.
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Migrant Labor Absorption in Malaysia
Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 1992Malaysia's labor shortages can be attributed to rapid industrialization; higher educational attainment leading to external and internal migration and labor shortages; and poor wages and working conditions in plantations, the construction industry and the service sector.
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Labor Absorption and Demand in Brazilian Agriculture
1987This paper examines the determinants of labour demand by the Brazilian farm sector (m particular the role of factor prices, production levels, land use, tractor inventories, and land concentration) to aid understanding of the causes of low rates of farm labour absorption.
Brandt, Sergio Alberto, Cipriano, Joao
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PATTERNS OF LABOR ABSORPTION BY OCCUPATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 1987"The purpose of this article is to describe and analyze patterns of labor absorption by occupation in the Dominican Republic using national population census data." The author develops a measure that facilitates the identification of patterns of labor absorption into various occupations. The results, based on data for the period 1970-1981, show sharp
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Labor absorption and agricultural development: Bangladesh's experience and predicament
World Development, 1995Significant employment gains have resulted from the Green Revolution technologies in Bangladesh. While the kharif (wet) season employment has remained more or less stagnant, employment in the rabi (dry) season increased fourfold between the early 1960s and the late 1980s.
Alauddin, M, Tisdell, C
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ESTIMATING LABOR ABSORPTION WITH PUBLISHED DATA
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 1987Large population cohorts will need to be productively absorbed into the work force in coming years in order to provide for their old age. Appropriate data and techniques for measuring labour absorption have been scarce. This article suggests two techniques for analysing the data recommended with first priority for censuses by the United Nations ...
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