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Changes in relative demand for labour in Malaysia (1984-1997) using a decompsition approach

This paper is concerned with the two main causes of wage differentials in the Malaysian labour market during the period 1984-1997. These are the impact of changes in trade patterns and technological change. The paper has employed set of data comprises micro-level data from the Household Income Surve...

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Main Authors: Said, Rusmawati, Haris, Asmaddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/686/1/bab08.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/686/
http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol2_no1.htm
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spelling my.upm.eprints.6862015-07-03T08:28:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/686/ Changes in relative demand for labour in Malaysia (1984-1997) using a decompsition approach Said, Rusmawati Haris, Asmaddy This paper is concerned with the two main causes of wage differentials in the Malaysian labour market during the period 1984-1997. These are the impact of changes in trade patterns and technological change. The paper has employed set of data comprises micro-level data from the Household Income Survey (HIS) for several years during the period 1984 to 1997. The main finding of this paper is that changes in the relative demand for labour favour middle level of education (secondary levels of education) workers and that technological change is the main explanation for the changing pattern of employment in the Malaysian economy. The paper finds that changes in the pattern of trade have had only small effects in explaining the changes in the relative demand for labour. Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2008-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/686/1/bab08.pdf Said, Rusmawati and Haris, Asmaddy (2008) Changes in relative demand for labour in Malaysia (1984-1997) using a decompsition approach. International Journal of Economics and Management, 2 (1). pp. 157-178. ISSN 1823-836X http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol2_no1.htm
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description This paper is concerned with the two main causes of wage differentials in the Malaysian labour market during the period 1984-1997. These are the impact of changes in trade patterns and technological change. The paper has employed set of data comprises micro-level data from the Household Income Survey (HIS) for several years during the period 1984 to 1997. The main finding of this paper is that changes in the relative demand for labour favour middle level of education (secondary levels of education) workers and that technological change is the main explanation for the changing pattern of employment in the Malaysian economy. The paper finds that changes in the pattern of trade have had only small effects in explaining the changes in the relative demand for labour.
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author Said, Rusmawati
Haris, Asmaddy
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Haris, Asmaddy
Changes in relative demand for labour in Malaysia (1984-1997) using a decompsition approach
author_facet Said, Rusmawati
Haris, Asmaddy
author_sort Said, Rusmawati
title Changes in relative demand for labour in Malaysia (1984-1997) using a decompsition approach
title_short Changes in relative demand for labour in Malaysia (1984-1997) using a decompsition approach
title_full Changes in relative demand for labour in Malaysia (1984-1997) using a decompsition approach
title_fullStr Changes in relative demand for labour in Malaysia (1984-1997) using a decompsition approach
title_full_unstemmed Changes in relative demand for labour in Malaysia (1984-1997) using a decompsition approach
title_sort changes in relative demand for labour in malaysia (1984-1997) using a decompsition approach
publisher Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2008
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/686/1/bab08.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/686/
http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol2_no1.htm
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