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Ebook "Labor supply and taxation" presents Richard Blundell's outstanding research on the modern economic analysis of labor markets and public policy reforms. The chapters cover empirical and theoretical developments as well as applications to tax and welfare reform, and each represents a substantive research contribution from Blundell's publications in top research outlets.

485p loivantrinh 29-10-2023 7 4   Download

The study figures out the existing weaknesses, such as lack of domestic inputs and transportation as well as the strengths, like high employment rate, low labor cost, and GDP growth of Vietnam’s G&T industry.

24p vimulcahy 18-09-2023 7 4   Download

With the objective of sustainable development and enhancing competitiveness of the economy, Vietnam needs to move to a growth model based on productivity, quality and efficiency, in which the key point is improving labor productivity. In this paper, the author focuses on the analysis of Vietnam’s labor productivity, presents opportunities and challenges and proposes some suggestions to increase labor productivity in Vietnam in the coming time.

9p tethientran 27-07-2023 7 6   Download

Industry 4.0 which started off as Germany’s brainchild is expected to minimize the labor cost advantages of traditional low-cost locations, making it attractive for manufacturers to bring previously offshored jobs back home. The revolution will require more ‘talented’ workers who can adapt to technology rather than traditional ‘skilled’ workers. Manual workers will face many disadvantages.

6p vihassoplattner 07-01-2022 14 1   Download

The study was conducted in two different ecological zones of Haryana to determine the farmers’ awareness towards zero tillage to conserve the soil as the degradation is increasing day by day. A group of 240 respondents were interviewed with help of a well - designed interview schedule. The responses of farmers were obtained on three-point continuum scale as ‘fully aware’ ‘aware’ and ‘not aware’ against each statement and weight age were given as 3, 2 and 1, respectively.

4p nguathienthan2 25-12-2019 11 1   Download

Nepalese hill agriculture is a subsistence type of farming system. Development of agriculture follows different trajectories as an outcome of both biophysical and cultural factors for production while culture determines the strategy and the extent of the technological inputs. The main objective of this study is to assess agricultural practice and calculate cost and benefit of crop production in the study area. This study is based on case study of Bhojpur VDC of Eastern hill of Nepal. Data were collected from household survey, key informant interview and field observation.

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This paper analyzes the competitiveness of these firms and the ability to capture more added-values from GVCs. The paper reveals that the comparative advantage of low-cost labor is not sustainable. Thus, for sustain growth and prosperity, Vietnamese footwear manufacturers should find other advantages in manufacturing.

11p hieutinhcotu 19-06-2017 46 2   Download

The large-scale rural farms producing on a commercial basis in Pakistan are among the lowest cost farms in the world, driven by low cost of labor and feed. This has been reported in IFCN9 2004. While still limited in number, the big commercial farms of Pakistan have major economic benefits. Existing commercial farms need to boost their current level of mechanization, automation and refrigeration (cold chains), in order to be more productive.

27p conduongdinhmenh 07-05-2013 34 7   Download

Home-based businesses are on the rise, especially while the stubborn economic recession continues to hold our economy in its grips. More and more individuals who are unable to land positions are turning to opening their own home-based businesses. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the number of home-based businesses currently operating at 18.3 million. Other organizations say the number is closer to 38 million. The pros seem to outnumber the cons. The low start-up costs are of particular interest to the many unemployed.

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Global competition has caused the US textile industry to modernize and become cost competitive because developing nations have discovered that exporting textile products to the USA is an attractive way to enhance their economic growth. Their low labor costs have pressured domestic producers into replacing labor intensive manufacturing equipment with automated, sophisticated, efficient, hightechnology machinery. The industry has focused on reducing costs, improving quality and developing quick turnaround and response scenarios.

268p dontetvui 21-01-2013 59 8   Download

In furniture manufacturing, typically 40% of the total manufacturing cost is the labor cost (Whelan and Maklari 2002). This was the main reason why furniture manufacturers moved from New England to Michigan, and then to Indiana, North Carolina, and Mississippi (Raymond 2004). To reduce manufacturing labor costs companies are now moving to places like China to take advantage of the low labor costs. It is reported that the wages in China are about 16 times lower compared to U.S. wages (ILO 2006). In addition, the Chinese to U.S. currency exchange rate...

163p can_thai 10-12-2012 46 5   Download

Our new insight is on the interaction between relative labor turnover dynamics and lack of insurers’ premium flexibility. A related possibility is that high labor turnover may be preferred by some employers, especially small firms that employ homogenous workers with low job-specific human capital. Workers tolerant of high turnover tend to be younger and healthier. By not offering health insurance, despite the tax advantage, these firms deter older and less healthy workers.

36p quaivatxanh 29-11-2012 77 9   Download