Demand-side and supply-side explanations for barriers to labor market mobility in developing countries: the case of Guatemala
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The analysis of demand-side and supply-side factors provides a more detailed explanation of labor segmentation in Guatemala. Demand-side factors include government employment practices, industry differentials and efficiency wages, minimum wages and unionization. Tests of the labor market also show a difference in reward structures across different labor sectors of the Guatemalan labor market. Further research in the the role of supply-side determinants in barriers to mobility is necessary to better determine the allocation of workers across sectors.
Publication Name: Economic Development & Cultural Change
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0013-0079
Year: 1997
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Household income, food availability, and commercial crop productions by smallholder farmers in the western highlands of Guatemala
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The economic and food availability outcomes related to different crop patterns among smallholder farm households were studied. In particular, the factors associated with crop mix decisions by farmers and its effects on the allocation of household resources were examined. A farm production and household expenditure survey and a food intake survey on households from the western highlands of Guatemala provided the data for the study. The results show that market-dependency is characteristic of diversified farm households.
Publication Name: Economic Development & Cultural Change
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0013-0079
Year: 1993
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Work and ideology in the Maya Highlands of Guatemala: economic beliefs in the context of occupational change
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The changing view of work and wealth accumulation of people of San Pedo Almolonga in Guatemala is investigated. The shift from viewing capitalistic behavior as sinful is found to result from occupational change. The prevalence of Protestantism has exerted little direct effect on worker behavior asied from encouraging change. Instead, the shrinking land base has encouraged peasants idle at home to intensify artisan production which led to an accumulation of capital.
Publication Name: Economic Development & Cultural Change
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0013-0079
Year: 1992
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