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Page 128
... production . On the one hand , it can reduce the proportion of land in production : emigrants may feel it is not worthwhile either for their own families or sharecroppers to work it . On the other hand , emigration can increase ...
... production . On the one hand , it can reduce the proportion of land in production : emigrants may feel it is not worthwhile either for their own families or sharecroppers to work it . On the other hand , emigration can increase ...
Page 161
... production runs on assembly lines , to be tailored under computer control much more precisely to meet the needs of individual cus- tomers . Coupled with the shrinking proportion of labour costs in the final selling price , this ...
... production runs on assembly lines , to be tailored under computer control much more precisely to meet the needs of individual cus- tomers . Coupled with the shrinking proportion of labour costs in the final selling price , this ...
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... production workers were on average 3.9 times as great as for production workers . The gap has narrowed since then : by 1989 the ratio had dropped to 2.6 . And the con- struction boom of the late 1980s , during which the number of new ...
... production workers were on average 3.9 times as great as for production workers . The gap has narrowed since then : by 1989 the ratio had dropped to 2.6 . And the con- struction boom of the late 1980s , during which the number of new ...
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20 per cent abroad Africa America Arab areas Argentina arrivals Asia Asian asylum Australia Bangladesh Belgium border British CALIFORNIA Canada Caribbean Census Chinese citizens coun cultural developing countries domestic workers earn economic emigration employers employment estimated ethnic European countries example Federal Republic Figure flows foreign-born France Government groups higher Hispanic Hong Kong illegal immigrants immi immigrant workers increase Indian industrialized countries investment Italy Japan Japanese jus sanguinis jus soli Koreans labour force language large numbers largest numbers levels major Malaysia Mexican Mexico Middle East million Muslim native Netherlands overseas particularly Philippines plantations population proportion receiving countries recent recruitment refugees relatively remittances Republic of Germany Republic of Korea SAN DIEGO sending countries shortages skilled SOPEMI/OECD Source South Africa Soviet Union Spain Stanton Russell Taiwan Taiwan China tend tion unemployed United Kingdom unskilled visas wages Western Europe women