Regression Analyses of Xiamen’s Manufacturing Sector, China

This paper examines the impact of rising wages and falling product prices on the composition of Xiamen’s manufacturing sector in China. Using annual labour surplus (LSR) (Note 1), we show that the pharmaceutical industry and the state owned enterprises are least affected by the twin squeezes (Note 2). We also show that the importance of state owned enterprises has increased at the expense of foreign owned firms in the Xiamen’s manufacturing sector

Gravity Model for Trade between Singapore and Malaysia using Employment

This paper uses GDP and employment data based on the Gravity Model to account for the trade volume between Singapore and Malaysia. There are two ways to operationalize this gravity model. One is based on GDP which is the current practice in the literature. But in this paper, we also use employment data. It is found that, to account for trade volume between Singapore and Malaysia, employment data performs better than the GDP data. Employment performs better than GDP because GDP is the result of trade but employment is an input to create trade volume

Promoting Union Social Responsibility : Going for Universal Labour Guarantee

The objective of the International Labour Organisation in achieving Universal Labour Guarantee can be better realised if the UN agency can persuade labour unions worldwide to embrace Union Social Responsibility

A STUDY OF EFFICIENCY IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR : INTER-INDUSTRY AND INTER-FIRM COMPARISONS

Master'sMASTER OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

When to start business: the case of Nantah graduates.

Examines the factors that determined the age that some 67 self-employed Nantah graduates ventured into setting up their own business

Macro objectives of the Central Provident Fund: a review

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Citizen-government partnership for social equity: how it strengthened with the Global Crisis

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Employability approach to financing old age

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