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Human Resources, Employment and Development

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  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. Victor L. Urquidi
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  2. Saúl Trejo Reyes
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Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Labour Supply, Migration and Employment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Economic-demographic Determinants of Labour Supply in Latin America: Some Preliminary Findings

      • Alvaro Reyes
      Pages 3-24

    3. Technology and Labour Productivity Patterns in the Manufacturing Industries of Less Industrialised Countries

      • Simon Teitel
      Pages 25-40

    4. Urban Labour Markets in Developing Countries

      • Saúl Trejo Reyes
      Pages 41-54

    5. The Relative Economic Position of Migrants and Natives in Colombia: An Economic Analysis of the 1973 Census Sample

      • Helena Ribe
      Pages 55-78

    6. Interstate Population Expulsion and Policies for its Reorientation in Mexico: A Preliminary Study

      • P. A. Reyes Ortega, S. Zúñiga Barrera, J. M. Anchondo Adalid
      Pages 79-90

    7. Internal Migration and the Formation of Labour Markets in Mexico

      • Jesús Arroyo, Luis A. Velázquez
      Pages 91-107

  3. Employment and Income Distribution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Overall Employment and Income Strategies

      • Markos Mamalakis
      Pages 111-130

    3. Employment and Income Distribution Constraints in Latin America

      • Gustav Ranis
      Pages 131-150

    4. Labour Market Dynamics and Income Distribution in Latin America

      • Victor E. Tokman
      Pages 151-173

    5. Agrarian Structure, Rural Labour Markets and Trends in Rural Incomes in Latin America

      • Albert Berry
      Pages 174-194

    6. Employment and Wages in Industry: The Case of Brazil

      • Maria De Conceicao Tavares, Paulo Renato Souza
      Pages 195-210

    7. The Role of Education in the Urban Labour Market in Developing Countries: The Case of Colombia

      • Francois Bourguignon
      Pages 211-235

    8. Distribution of Income and Patterns of Consumption in Mexico: Empirical Testing of some Latin American Structuralist Hypotheses

      • Nora Lustig
      Pages 236-251

    9. Returns to Schooling in the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey: An Analysis of its Behaviour over Time, 1975–79

      • Manuel Silos Martínez
      Pages 252-265

    10. Women’s Labour Force Participation and Earnings Determinants in a Developing Country

      • Jere R. Behrman, Barbara L. Wolfe
      Pages 266-276

  4. Employment and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-277
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    2. Poverty in Latin America: An Examination of the Evidence

      • Oscar Altimir
      Pages 279-298
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Resources, Employment and Development

  • Editors: Victor L. Urquidi, Saúl Trejo Reyes

  • Series Title: International Economic Association Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17214-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1983

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-32730-2Published: 27 October 1983

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-17214-6Published: 27 October 1983

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6330

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 429

  • Topics: Labor Economics

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