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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"regional employment"”.
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British regional employment and development policies.
Regional economic development has become an integral part of the national economic planning process of modem nations. Great Britain was the first country in the western world to adopt a regional development programme as a major component of Government policy.One of the principal objectives of …
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Regional employment change - task change, occupations and industries
… of codifying and automating job tasks-influences regional employment change. I examine two questions. First, does routinization drive employment change in US metropolitan areas after controlling for occupation and industry mix? Second, does overall employment change occur more strongly through …
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The gendered effects of tariff liberalisation on local labour markets in post-apartheid South Africa
… on 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 …
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Effects of the Washington State Growth Management Act on housing development in the greater Seattle area
… Greater Seattle housing market, recent trends in regional employment growth, housing production, and home price movements are analyzed. Because the GMA imposes restrictions on development at portions of the region's urban/rural fringe, close attention is paid to the probable effects of …
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Three essays in regional economics: migration, regional portfolio theory, resilience, and agglomeration economies
… migration is a substantial focus in the field of regional economics. Researchers attempt to enhance our understanding by examining this phenomenon through a number of different lenses. Some have examined flows to the largest cities in the country and tried to uncover the underlying reasons for the …
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A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Selected Local Labour Market Outcomes in New Zealand
… The first aspect considered is the change in regional employment outcomes in New Zealand from the 1980’s to 2006. This is examined using shiftshare techniques supplemented by exploratory spatial data analysis. The analysis finds that in general, region specific factors were more important than …
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Pengaruh disiplin terhadap prestasi kerja pegawai: Studi di Badan Kepegawaian Daerah Kabupaten Malang
… (census) the population is all employees of the Regional Employment Board Malang. Data collection techniques used in this study was a questionnaire using a Likert scale, documentation and interviews. Data were analyzed using the validity, reliability, multiple linear regression, simultan test, …
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Commuting Analysis in a Small Metropolitan Area - A Case Study of Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky
… A possible explanation is that BGWCMSA is the regional employment center for south central Kentucky. There is a relatively large percentage of commuters living in the rural areas and the surrounding counties, causing a significant number of commutes with long distances. In addition, the …
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The determinants of agglomeration in Brazil: input-output, labor and knowledge externalities
… of the agglomeration index reveal that Gini-type regional employment concentration and plant-level employment concentration are relatively high, despite their decrease from 1994 to 2010. That is, Brazil has most of its employment concentrated into relatively fewer regions and plants, when compared …
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Regional Socio-Economic Transformation in Brazil
The regional income disparities in Brazil are well-known. Since the 1930s, such income disparities have declined only slightly. This thesis combines traditional economic theory with insights from regional science and economic geography to explain the development pattern in Brazil throughout the …