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A comment on the relative employment-generation capabilities of the manufacturing and service sectors in developing countries

Year: 1991

Type: article

Abstract: The recent use of standard input-output multiplier techniques for evaluating employment generation by Park and Chan (1989) is criticised for focusing on output instead of employment, for not incorporating income-induced effects, and for masking regional variation in multiplier values. The social accounting matrix framework is offered as a means of circumventing the above problems and some limited evidence is presented which contradicts somewhat the earlier results.

Source: World Development

DOI: 10.1016/0305-750x(91)90021-9

Author: Blane D. Lewis

Institution: Cornell University

Language: English

Topic: Economic Theory and Policy

Subfield: General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $5,895