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Although there has been much theorising on the impact of Indias economic reforms of 1991 on Indian manufacturers, there is hardly any previous study that has taken up the task of actually asking the manufacturing firms as to what the true impact of economic reforms has been on them. In this...
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provides some projections of the impact on unemployment, vulnerable employment, working poverty, and labor productivity in the …, and remittances data to assess the employment and social consequences of the crisis, including falling demand for labor …, rising vulnerable and informal employment, and falling incomes and their related pressures on the working poor. The paper …
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We express a doubt on the conventional wisdom namely, of a positive relationship between wage and productivity, of a … of the formal wage does not necessarily ensure higher R&D and labour-productivity of the formal firm while a rise of the … informal sector wage must improve R&D and the resultant labour-productivity in the firm. Thus countries with a vast segment of …
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This paper explores the impacts of more rapid growth in labor productivity in the service sector in Asia based on an … economies, and consumption and investment dynamics. We find that faster productivity growth in the service sector in Asia … services productivity growth, there is a significant expansion of the durable manufacturing sector that is required to provide …
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This paper explores the impacts of more rapid growth in labor productivity in the service sector in Asia based on an … economies, and consumption and investment dynamics. We find that faster productivity growth in the service sector in Asia … services productivity growth, there is a significant expansion of the durable manufacturing sector that is required to provide …
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Employment is a major concern in the context of trade liberalization. At one level, productive employment is a major … it is not sufficient. The pattern of growth, and in that context, the employment outcome of growth is an important … liberalization on employment may not always be positive. And if that turns out to be the case in a country like Bangladesh, then one …
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Employment is a major concern in the context of trade liberalization. At one level, productive employment is a major … it is not sufficient. The pattern of growth, and in that context, the employment outcome of growth is an important … liberalization on employment may not always be positive. And if that turns out to be the case in a country like Bangladesh, then one …
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, employment in these sectors has been increasing. With the move into a modern economy, labour standards have improved. The first …
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What forces have shaped our nations employment and remuneration record so far? Where is Singapores unemployment rate … and they incorporate their revised growth expectations in their wage bargaining, the unemployment rate can remain steady … order to boost international competitiveness, and so to boost aggregate demand and hence employment, or reaching out for …
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The literature on Rural Non-Agricultural Employment (RNAE) in India is replete with references as to its nature … again should be negatively related to the wage ratio between the non-agricultural and agricultural sectors. These two …-net function admirably by absorbing those who could not find employment in agriculture in the service sector and, to a lesser …
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