Green revolution and labor demand in rice farming: the case of Central...

Journal of Development Studies;  October 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......MVs), has significantly increased labour demand is still debated. It is true that the...technologies, the net impact of MV adoption on labour demand might be limited or could be even negative...labour-saving technologies affected the labour demand. The analysis of the effects of ...

Labour demand and agroindustrial development: the evidence from Mexico.

Journal of Development Studies;  October 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......fundamentally altering crop composition and labour demand. El Bajio has experienced more...exacerbating the seasonality of labour demand.(6) This paper looks at the determinants of agricultural labour demand and assesses the impact which agroindustrial...

Is the US facing a jobless recovery?(US recession, employment growth,...

National Institute Economic Review;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......forecast involves the evolution of labour demand and we can use our model to...additional scenarios. We model labour demand as a function of output, real...explains about 70 per cent of labour demand over this period, with only...

Wage inequality and returns to skill in Taiwan, 1978-96.

Journal of Development Studies;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......advances would lead to persistent relative labour demand shifts in favor of more experienced and better educated workers. Such relative labour demand shifts appear to be occurring in all...technological shocks or skill biased shifts in labour demand as the OECD economies. In fact, ...

Input Elasticity of Substitution in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector

Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......resulted in a change in the structure of labour demand in favour of professional and skilled...effectively. Consequently, the structure of labour demand has changed towards the need for more...and capital. It is important to study labour demand because the effect of any policy ...

Foreign airline employees can file whistleblower suit, rules 9th Circuit

Lawyers USA;  May 7, 2007 ;     332 words ......treaties with foreign nations do not necessarily preempt domestic employment law, the 9th Circuit has ruled in allowing employees of...held that "foreign employers do not enjoy immunity from domestic employment laws that do not interfere with the employers' ability...

Employment Effects of Trade in intermediate Inputs with the EU Member...

Aussenwirtschaft;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Trade in intermediate imports, labour demand, cross-country analysis. JEL...blamed for the deteriorating labour demand in European manufacturing. Indeed...that firms take advantage of low labour costs by way of moving their...activities, outsourcing may decrease domestic ...

Home Market Effects of Foreign Direct Investment: The Case of Germany

Aussenwirtschaft;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......of foreign direct investment and domestic employment of German multinationals. The econometric...relationship between foreign and domestic employment, and weakly support the theory of...sectoral structure of FDI and for domestic employment. Section 3 confronts these predictions...

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Labour & Industry;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......of NESB immigrants and, importantly, labour demand shaped largely by employers. They conclude...of losers. Further, new patterns of labour demand, shaped by employer behaviour and practices...segmentation' approaches, which emphasise labour demand. Six life histories of long-term ...

Unemployment in Europe: a problem of relative or aggregate labor demand...

International Labour Review;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......policy conclusions are drawn. Relative labour demand shifts and unemployment The respective...shift in the occupational structure of labour demand towards educated and skilled workers...developments explain this shift of relative labour demand:(1) * a movement of production and...

Finnish unemployment: Observations and conjectures

Finnish Economic Papers;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the 1990s. The analysis is based on labour demand, wage-setting and current account equations...unemployment equation based on estimated labour demand and wage-setting equations. Furthermore...presents concluding remarks. 2. Shocks to labour demand and wage seting 2.1 Macroeconomic ...

R&D ACTIVITY, EXPORTS, AND CHANGES IN SKILL DEMAND IN FINLAND*

Finnish Economic Papers;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......phenomena on the skill structure of labour demand using panel data on Finnish establishments...economies. The timing of this shift in labour demand has led many researchers to believe...with changes in the skill structure of labour demand in Finland. Worker's skill level is...

Major defeat on stalkers.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  December 18, 1996 ;     36 words ...John Major last night suffered a dramatic Commons defeat as MPs backed a Labour demand to make obsessed stalkers undergo counselling. The Government lost by seven votes after Labour withdrew their co-operation over the Stalking Bill.

Fed: Workers in prime position as labour demand remains robust

AAP General News (Australia);  January 14, 2004 ;     142 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 01-14-2004 Fed: Workers in prime position as labour demand remains robust New figures show demand for labour is staying strong. The Australian Bureau of Statistics says demand for labour...

Fed: Holiday work visa extension to meet labour demand

AAP General News (Australia);  July 1, 2008 ;     101 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 07-01-2008 Fed: Holiday work visa extension to meet labour demand Labour shortages in the construction industry have led to a change to Australia's working holiday visa system. Immigration Minister...