Jobs, industrialization, and globalization / Hinh T. Dinh ; [edited by Robert Zimmermann].

By:

Dinh, Hinh T

Contributor(s):

Zimmermann, Robert

Language: English Publication details: Rabat : OCP Policy Center, 2017.Description: 408 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9789954971727
9954971726

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.3

LOC classification:

HD 6971 D584j 2017

Summary: This book is about creating productive jobs as a foundation of society in countries at various income levels. Traditionally, economists have associated rising per capita income with economic development on the assumption that more rapid economic growth leads to more and better jobs. The book shows that this is only true if growth is led by industrialization accompanied by structural transformation. Even so, in high-income countries such as the United States, higher economic growth could lead to fewer, albeit better jobs, and a hollowing out of the labor force and the economy...

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HD 6971 D584j 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000162706

This book is about creating productive jobs as a foundation of society in countries at various income levels. Traditionally, economists have associated rising per capita income with economic development on the assumption that more rapid economic growth leads to more and better jobs. The book shows that this is only true if growth is led by industrialization accompanied by structural transformation. Even so, in high-income countries such as the United States, higher economic growth could lead to fewer, albeit better jobs, and a hollowing out of the labor force and the economy...

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