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Article: Sectoral shifts: impact on Hong Kong workers
Title | Sectoral shifts: impact on Hong Kong workers |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Structural transformation Inter-industry earnings Earnings inequality Unemployment |
Issue Date | 1995 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/09638199.html |
Citation | The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 1995, v. 4 n. 2, p. 135-152 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper documents the accelerating rate of economic transformation in Hong Kong during the 1980s and its impact on the labour market. Earnings in expanding sectors have risen faster than earnings in declining sectors. The magnitude of the effect, however, is small and variable. Sectoral shifts have also had negligible effects on aggregate unemployment and unemployment in declining sectors. It is found that the degree of earnings inequality has increased contemporaneously with the rising rate of economic transformation. The earnings of less well-educated workers have fallen relative to other workers. The earnings of elderly workers, however, have not fallen relative to other workers. The reallocation of labour from low-wage sectors to high-wage sectors has resulted in a substantial growth in earnings for most workers involved. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/48700 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.659 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Suen, WC | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-05-22T04:21:51Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2008-05-22T04:21:51Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1995 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 1995, v. 4 n. 2, p. 135-152 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0963-8199 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/48700 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper documents the accelerating rate of economic transformation in Hong Kong during the 1980s and its impact on the labour market. Earnings in expanding sectors have risen faster than earnings in declining sectors. The magnitude of the effect, however, is small and variable. Sectoral shifts have also had negligible effects on aggregate unemployment and unemployment in declining sectors. It is found that the degree of earnings inequality has increased contemporaneously with the rising rate of economic transformation. The earnings of less well-educated workers have fallen relative to other workers. The earnings of elderly workers, however, have not fallen relative to other workers. The reallocation of labour from low-wage sectors to high-wage sectors has resulted in a substantial growth in earnings for most workers involved. | en_HK |
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dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/09638199.html | en_HK |
dc.subject | Structural transformation | en_HK |
dc.subject | Inter-industry earnings | en_HK |
dc.subject | Earnings inequality | en_HK |
dc.subject | Unemployment | en_HK |
dc.title | Sectoral shifts: impact on Hong Kong workers | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0963-8199&volume=4&issue=2&spage=135&epage=152&date=1995&atitle=Sectoral+shifts:+impact+on+Hong+Kong+workers | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Suen, WC: wsuen@econ.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | postprint | en_HK |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09638199500000013 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0029484333 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 13306 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0963-8199 | - |