Employment in the manufacturing sector of developing economies
A study of Mexico and Peru
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20301583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Dryden Witte (North Carolina State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-49 |
| Publication date | 1973-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Development Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0388 • E-ISSN: 1743-9140 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00220387308421474 |
| OpenAlex | W1973728553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article finds that the existence of elastic production functions and shifts in relative prices which make it profitable for companies to substitute capital for labour explained a large portion of the failure of manufacturing industries in Mexico and Peru to provide large scale employment opportunities even when their volume of output was expanding
Business · Capital (architecture) · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Economies of scale · Economy · Geography · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Manufacturing · Manufacturing sector · Market economy · Microeconomics · Production (economics) · Scale (ratio) · Economic Growth and Productivity · Firm Innovation and Growth · Global trade and economics
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1979 - 1981 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |