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Economic geography : past, present and future
Bagchi-Sen, Sharmistha (ed.); Lawton Smith, Helen (ed.) - 2006
The impact of economic geography both within and beyond the wider field of geography has been constrained in the past by its own limitations. Drawing together the work of several eminent geographers this superb collection assesses the current state of knowledge in the sub discipline and its...
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The interrelation between manufacturing productivity, maximum sectoral employment and national income per capita
Przywara, Rainer - In: Athens journal of business & economics : AJBE 5 (2019) 2, pp. 93-122
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Manufacturing Employment and Exchange Rates in the Portuguese Economy : The Role of Openness, Technology and Labour Market Rigidity
Alexandre, Fernando - 2010
In this paper, we explore empirically the role of openness, technology and labour market rigidity in the determination … and that the labour market in high technology sectors is more flexible than in low technology sectors. We use this index … that employment in low-technology sectors, with a high degree of trade openness and facing less rigidity in the labour …
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The turnaround of Swedish industry : reforms, firm diversity and job and productivity dynamics
Heyman, Fredrik; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2015 - This version: August 2015
In this paper, we argue that fundamental reforms of the Swedish business sector can explain the remarkable productivity and employment growth that followed the deep economic crisis in Sweden in the early 1990s. In the 1970s and 1980s, Sweden had one of the most regulated business sectors in the...
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The Philippine manufacturing industry roadmap : agenda for new industrial policy, high productivity jobs, and inclusive growth
Mercado-Aldaba, Rafaelita A. - 2014
In the light of the weak performance of the Philippine manufacturing industry and the absence of structural transformation of the economy from agriculture to manufacturing in the last two decades, the paper calls for the implementation of a new industrial policy. This is crucial not only to...
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Structural Change Revisited : The Rise of Manufacturing Jobs in the Service Sector
Boddin, Dominik; Kroeger, Thilo - 2022
This paper reconsiders the labor market consequences of structural change over the past 43 years. Taking two different ways of defining manufacturing and service employment as point of departure - according to the industry classification of firms or establishments and according to the occupation...
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Creative Destruction and Productivity Growth in an Emerging Economy : Evidence from Slovenian Manufacturing
De Loecker, Jan; Konings, Jozef - 2021
In most transition countries the aggregate level evidence suggests that most industries are just destroying jobs, due to the legacy of communism where over-manning levels of employment were the norm. This paper sheds light on whether the transition process in Slovenian manufacturing has been one...
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Trade and manufacturing jobs in Germany
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens - 2017
The German economy exhibits rising service and declining manufacturing employment. But this decline is much sharper in import-competing than in export-oriented branches. We first document the individual-level job transitions behind those trends. They are not driven by manufacturing workers who...
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Structural transformation and spillovers from industrial areas
Blakeslee, David; Chaurey, Ritam; Fishman, Ram; Malik, … - 2018
Like many developing countries, India features a variety of land-use restrictions that make it difficult to establish industrial firms on agricultural lands. Such policies have received some of the blame for the slow pace of industrialization, and there is widespread agreement on the need for...
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Determinants of structural adjustment and employment use in Japan : firm characteristics, offshoring and industrial robotics
DeStefano, Timothy; HANEDA, Sho; Kwon, Hyeog Ug - 2019
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