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Labor Absorption

Labor Absorption is a socioeconomic construct that denotes the capacity of an industrializing economy to integrate surplus labor from agrarian or informal sectors into productive, wage-based employment within manufacturing and industrial enterprises.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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How Do Industries and Firms Respond to Changes in Local Labor Supply?

Christian Dustmann, Albrecht Glitz · Journal of Labor Economics · 2015 · 169 citations

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Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and poverty reduction: empirical evidence from Indonesia

Nursini Nursini · Development Studies Research · 2020 · 144 citations · Full text

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Human capital, R&D, trade, and long-run productivity. Testing the technological absorption hypothesis for the Portuguese economy, 1960–2001

Aurora A.C. Teixeira, Natércia Fortuna · Research Policy · 2010 · 127 citations · Full text

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Rural - urban growth linkages in India

Peter Hazell, Steven Haggblade · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 1990 · 120 citations

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Economic Business Sustainability and Strengthening Human Resource Capacity Based on Increasing the Productivity of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Makassar City, Indonesia

Hernita Hernita, Batara Surya, Iwan Perwira et al. · Sustainability · 2021 · 108 citations · Full text

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Authors

141

  1. RB
    Ray Brooks

    International Monetary Fund, United States

    2 publications · 64 citations

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  2. JC
    Jonathan Colmer

    University of Virginia, United States

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  3. EM
    Erin Mayfield

    Dartmouth College, United States

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  4. JJ
    Jesse Jenkins

    Princeton University, United States

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  5. CG
    Chris Greig

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    2 publications · 67 citations

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Institutions

62

  1. Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang

    Malang, Indonesia

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    146 citations

  2. International Monetary Fund

    Washington D.C., United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    92 citations

  3. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    223 citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    191 citations

  5. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    173 citations

  6. University of Memphis

    Memphis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  7. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    94 citations

  8. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 5 publications · 134 citations

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  2. Social Forces

    SF · 2 publications · 43 citations

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  3. Population and Development Review

    2 publications · 196 citations

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  4. Economic Development and Cultural Change

    EDCC · 2 publications · 111 citations

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  5. World Development

    2 publications · 117 citations

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