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1 online resource (146 pages) |
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Westview special studies on Latin America and the Caribbean |
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Westview special studies on Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. An overview of mąjor theories of unemployment; 1. Introduction; 2. Classical economists; 3. Neo-classical economists; 4. Social reformers; 5. Development economists; 6. Monetarists and employment; 7. Segmentation and empirical theories; Concluding remarks; 2. An examination and mapping of labour underutilisation in Colombia; 1. Introduction; 2. The Colombian labour force; 2.1 Definitions; 2.2 Concepts of labour force participation and underutilisation; 2.2.1 Labour force approach; 2.2.2 Subemployment index |
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2.2.3 Basic needs approach2.2.4 Labour efficiency approach; 2.2.5 Symptomatic approach; 2.2.6 The Hauser approach; 2.2.7 Marxist approach; 2.2.8 Summary; 2.3 The Colombian labour forcce; 2.3.1 Population economically active in census years; 2.3.2 Labour force participation rates from surveys; 2.4 Open unemployment: Myth or reality?; 2.5 Disguised unemployment; 2.6 Who are the unemployed?; 3. The distribution of income in Colombia; 3. Why is labour underutilised in Colombia?; 1. Introduction; 2. Is the labour market segmented in Colombia?; 2.1 Comment |
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3. Socio-economic factors affecting the employment balance3.1 Can the sectorial composition of output be altered to improve labour absorption?; 3.2 Is technology too capital intensive?; 3.3 Is there a lack of effective demand?; 3.4 Are savings not used for investment?; 3.5 Are wages too high to absorb labour?; 3.6 Is population, and hence labour supply, growth too high?; 3.7 Is the rate of rural-to-urban migration too high?; 3.8 Is land so unequally distributed that it cannot absorb labour?; 3.9 Is the international trade pattern conducive to labour absorption?; (i) Trade |
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(Ii) Foreign exchange(iii) Black economy; Summary and conclusions; 4. Contemporary responses to the Colombian employment problem; 1. Introduction; 2. Towards full employment; 3. The four strategies; 4. Closing the gap; 5. The Colombian Plan 1979-82 (PIN); 5.1 Summary statement of the PIN; 5.2 Social policy in the PIN; 5.3 Discussion of PIN; 5.3.1 Macro-economic policy; 5.3.2 Social policy; 5.3.3 Labour market policy; 5.3.4 Informal sector; Summary; 5. Summary and conclusions; Author index; Subject index; List of tables; List of figures |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Unemployment -- Colombia
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Underemployment -- Colombia
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Economic policy
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Underemployment
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Unemployment
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Arbeidsmarkt.
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Werkloosheid.
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| SUBJECT |
Colombia -- Economic policy
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| Subject |
Colombia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429689390 |
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042968939X |
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9780429709401 |
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0429709404 |
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