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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Manufacturing employment"”.
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The impact of Chinese import on Slovak manufacturing employment
… of Chinese imports between 2011 and 2021, on manufacturing employment in Slovakia. Using districts as proxies for local labour markets, the analysis captures the competitive pressure on Slovak manufacturing by consid- ering both imports to Slovakia and to foreign markets where Slovak exports …
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The Impact of Import Competition from China on the Skill-Bias of Manufacturing Employment across South African Regions between 2001 and 2011
… impact that China has had on the skill bias of manufacturing employment within South Africa’s local municipalities between 2001 and 2011. The study follows on from two theories of trade: the Heckscher-Ohlin theory with its Stopler-Samuelson theorem, and specific factor theories. The …
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An analysis of linkages between the manufacturing and agricultural sectors in Virginia
… pursuing the policy alternatives of increasing manufacturing employment in rural areas while still maintaining a viable agricultural sector, this study explored some interrelationships between the manufacturing and agricultural sectors. The objectives of the study were to determine the …
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The gendered effects of tariff liberalisation on local labour markets in post-apartheid South Africa
… the effect of tariff liberalisation on regional employment growth, labour adjustment in the manufacturing sector and services sector, and internal migration over a period (1996 to 2011) in which South Africa substantially reduced tariff protection. This was also a period corresponding with low …
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Essays on Consumer Bankruptcy, Employment, Firm Dynamics, and Aging in the United States
… macroeconomic trends in consumer bankruptcy, employment, firm dynamics, and aging in the U.S. economy. The first chapter shows that improved matching between borrowers and lenders quantitatively explains the rise in unsecured credit and consumer bankruptcies in the United States. The model is …
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An evaluation of skills development in a sample of metal and engineering firms in Gauteng
… most significant contributors to South Africa’s manufacturing employment and economic performance. In recent times though debate regarding the industry has centered on reported critical skills shortages, alluding to decreased employment and performance. Studies confirmed that skills shortages at …
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Regional Variation in Per Capita Personal Income 1948-66
… contribution, enforcing or compensating, of the manufacturing sector. Per capita personal income, presently about the most satisfactory quantitative measure of economic well-being, has received considerable attention from state and regional economic development agencies in their efforts to more …
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Professionalisation or polarisation? : economic restructuring and changes in Cape Town's labour market
… was whether the occupational distribution of employment in cities was becoming increasingly polarised or professionalised. Careful examination of population census data on sectoral and occupational changes in the economy of Cape Town showed that the city's working population was becoming …
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Microeconomic implications of trade shocks in developing countries
… the effect of a trade-induced negative shock to manufacturing employment on leading causes of mortality in Mexico between 1998 and 2013. I exploit cross-municipality variation in trade exposure based on differences in industry specialization before China's accession to the WTO in 2001 to …
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Essays on the Political Economy of Democratization and Democratic Backsliding
… and democracy. I argue that a large share of employment in manufacturing (i.e., industrialization) makes mass mobilization both more likely to occur and more costly to suppress. This increases the power of the masses vis-à-vis autocratic elites, making democracy more likely. Using novel …
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Designing an integrated waterfront : responsive redevelopment at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
… waterfronts have transformed from industrial and manufacturing employment centers to tourist destinations, passive recreation areas, and luxury residential and corporate office districts. The wave of redevelopment efforts has resulted in a general sameness, both in physical design and economic …
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Essays on growth and development
… development. This first chapter focuses on the manufacturing's share of employment, which is known to follow a hump-shaped pattern as economies structurally transform. Motivated by the observation that capital intensities in manufacturing increase over the development process, this chapter …
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An investigation of employment outcomes in South African manufacturing
… aim of this research paper is to investigate the employment outcomes in South African manufacturing between 1972 and 2016. The research employs a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis in demonstrating how South Africa's manufacturing sector has become increasingly capital-intensive, …
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Exchange rate volatility, employment and macroeconomic dynamics in South Africa
… the impact of real exchange rate volatility on employment growth in the manufacturing sector. The study contributes to the literature on the employment effects of exchange rate volatility in emerging markets given limited studies. This is done by using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) …
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Consumption and Commodities: The Political Economy of Canada’s Growth Model
… characterized by declines in manufacturing employment and output. This reflects the combined impacts of currency appreciation (Dutch disease), extreme trade dependence on the US (Canadian disease), and neoliberal reforms that curtailed federal industrial policy capacity. …
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Labor market adjustment to globalization, automation, and institutional reform
… a one-year jobless spell by 12.4 percent, with employment gains driven by full-time jobs. Consistent with lower reservation utility, workers experiencing benefit cuts accept lower-paying jobs. Chapter II (joint with Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson) argues that Chinese …
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Three essays in applied microeconomics
… In the first chapter, I study the response of manufacturing employment to the implementation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) in Indonesia. By comparing employment changes across industries before and after the free trade agreement (FTA), …
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Industrial protection and income distribution in Thailand
… has been marked by the growing dominance of the manufacturing sector. The share of manufacturing in GDP and in total exports has increased markedly. At the same time, there has been a sluggish increase in the share of manufacturing employment in the total labour force. Consequently, the gap …
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