The paper makes use of conventional manpower and educational planning methods by formulating and applying a forecasting model of labour imbalances in terms of demand and supply for occupational types and educational levels. The aim of public policy is to close the gaps in the absence of labour...

For decades, career transition counseling and research have focused on myopic insights on the next job versus understanding optimal career path. While the research mind-set was well placed to understand the evolution of skills to suggest possible terminal job outcomes, a lack of relevant data...

Recognition of the competitiveness of various export commodities is important in the design of industrial policies which shapes a country's structural transformation. The commonly used approach is the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) which was introduced by Balassa in 1965. Over the years,...

This paper uses bilateral data on 420 merchandise trade flows between 21 industrial countries are used to estimate standard trade equations. The data set of over 11,000 observations allows the underlying elasticities to be estimated with considerable precision. Remarkably, a single specification...

We show that a simple and intuitive three-parameter equation fits remarkably well the evolution of the gross domestic product (GDP) in current and constant dollars of many countries during the times of recession and recovery. We then argue that it can be used to detect shocks and discuss its...

We show that a simple and intuitive three-parameter equation fits remarkably well the evolution of the gross domestic product (GDP) in current and constant dollars of many countries during times of recession and recovery. We then argue that this equation is the response function of the economy...