scholarly journals Labor Force Structure, Potential Output, and Productivity

1971 ◽  
Vol 1971 (3) ◽  
pp. 533 ◽  
Author(s):  
George L. Perry ◽  
Edward F. Denison ◽  
Robert M. Solow
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Potential Output ◽  
Force Structure

The International System, Labor-Force Structure, and the Growth and Distribution of National Income, 1950–1980

1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Fiala
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
World Economy ◽  
International System ◽  
National Income ◽  
National Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Force Structure ◽  
The World ◽  
Residual Plots ◽  
Cross National

The primary goal of the present study is to use cross-national data on labor-force structure to examine the manner in which the international system shapes the character of national development, and the consequences of variation in development strategy for the growth and distribution of national income. A complementary goal is to illustrate the use of residual plots to overcome the “black box” character of cross-national studies, and thereby provide a bridge to case-study research. Multivariate analyses and residual plots provide results congruent with both world-political-economy and developmental perspectives, and indicate that the world economy may be used by lesser developed countries to obtain more rapid and equitable economic growth, although this was not a natural outcome of the world economy in the 1960s and 1970s.

African Americans in Southern Rural Regions: The Importance of Legacy

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis E. Swanson ◽  
Rosalind P. Harris ◽  
Jerry R. Skees ◽  
Lionel Williamson
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Well Being ◽  
General Measure ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Southern States ◽  
Force Structure ◽  
Metropolitan Counties

This analysis reassesses the importance of the combined legacies of race, class, and culture by using the concentration of African Americans in a county as a general measure of this phenomenon for thirteen Southern states. Explanatory variables associated with labor force structure, social well-being and region provide evidence that those areas of the South with the highest concentrations of African Americans continue to be the most disadvantaged. These results suggest little change for metropolitan counties with increased concentrations of African Americans. The analyses point toward the need for a focused assessment of the efficacy of existing public and private programs to provide a foundation for overcoming the negative dimensions of the regional legacy.

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