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This is the long-term pattern that we’ve seen: the share of the
workforce
in goods production has declined over time, while the cost of goods has fallen relative to that of services.
Blocking EU migrants from the UK would also hurt farmers, given that many depend on the seasonal
workforce.
Moreover, by using a Chinese
workforce
to build dams and other projects abroad – a practice that runs counter to its own “localization” requirement, adopted in 2006 – China reinforces a perception that it is engaged in exploitative practices.
Two factors determined the share of each type of job – and thus the extent of inequality produced by the post-industrial transition: the education and skill level of the workforce, and the degree of institutionalization of labor markets in services (in addition to manufacturing).
Not only will their societies be rapidly aging; diminishing income gaps between rich countries and emerging economies are likely to slow immigration flows, shrinking the
workforce
by 20% in the eurozone and 15% in the United States.
As it happens, Germany’s aging population and declining
workforce
will create labor shortages in the years ahead.
Taken together, these factors enable low-cost automation of ever more economic activities, driven by the high skills of only a tiny minority of the
workforce.
Manufacturing now accounts for slightly less than 10% of the
workforce.
China is a very large country, of course, with much of its
workforce
still in rural areas.
In fact, low-skilled jobs still account for more than a quarter of Western Europe’s
workforce.
The vast
workforce
has driven down the price of labor, impeding the transition to a high-income, domestic-consumption-driven growth model.
Ireland’s greatest weapon against the ensuing debt deflation was its ability to attract US-based tech giants, by offering them a combination of EU law, a well-trained English-speaking workforce, and a 12.5% corporate-tax rate.
Obama rightly emphasized that competitiveness in the world today depends on an educated
workforce
and modern infrastructure.
An estimated 23 million more young people will be joining African labor markets this year, and the continent’s total
workforce
is expected to increase by 910 million from 2010 to 2050.
As a result, a majority of rural kids will enter the
workforce
without a university diploma.
Firms that predicted a continuing boom – and therefore invested in expanding production and increased their
workforce
– were left with excess capacity relative to actual demand.
But Danone’s own filings indicate that only 22% of its global sales and less than 14% of its global
workforce
are in France.
Automation, Productivity, and GrowthBERLIN – It seems obvious that if a business invests in automation, its
workforce
– though possibly reduced – will be more productive.
To compete in a digital global economy, the US – indeed, any country – needs a capable, well educated, innovative, and healthy
workforce.
The development of such a
workforce
begins at birth.
Today, these UNDP-certified companies are leading the way in building a more balanced global
workforce.
Just as Chinese companies are now training US coal workers to build wind farms, the rest of the world will continue to work together, and build the markets and
workforce
of the future.
So Greece – and arguably the PIIGS more generally – are left with the need to curtail demand massively, lower wages, and reduce the public-sector
workforce.
Two million are now unemployed, fully 9% of the
workforce
and a nightmarish figure already for the government.
Examples from around the world show that poor, single mothers who receive frequent visits from nurses before and after they give birth provide better prenatal care, have fewer subsequent pregnancies, and increase their educational attainment and
workforce
participation.
Though SOEs employ only 13% of the total workforce, and contribute about 30% of GDP, they absorb half of all investment.
Farmers make up 70% of Africa’s
workforce.
Migrants fill critical skill gaps, perform jobs that others cannot or will not do, and replace a country’s
workforce
as it grows older or shrinks.
What’s more, in only five OECD members do more than 70% of women participate in the workforce: the four Nordic countries and Switzerland.
This probably contributes to a host of health-related problems: 15% of the
workforce
complain of headaches, 33% of backache, 23% of fatigue, and 23% of neck and shoulder pains, plus a host of other illnesses, including life-threatening ones.
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