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Page 117
... demand , and lengthen them again as the demand slackened . " One developing country where emigration does seem to have strongly affected the local labour market is Pakistan . In the late 1970s , it was despatching 130,000 workers ...
... demand , and lengthen them again as the demand slackened . " One developing country where emigration does seem to have strongly affected the local labour market is Pakistan . In the late 1970s , it was despatching 130,000 workers ...
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... demand . " The Japanese Government , officially at least , has resisted filling the gaps with unskilled foreign labour - concerned about the impact that this might have on Japanese society and on demands that immigrants might place on ...
... demand . " The Japanese Government , officially at least , has resisted filling the gaps with unskilled foreign labour - concerned about the impact that this might have on Japanese society and on demands that immigrants might place on ...
Page 255
... demand falls . As the Government explained in 1988 , the intention is " to use foreign workers as a buffer to even out the swings in the business cycle . When a temporary export boom increases the demand for foreign workers , the ...
... demand falls . As the Government explained in 1988 , the intention is " to use foreign workers as a buffer to even out the swings in the business cycle . When a temporary export boom increases the demand for foreign workers , the ...
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