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Short-Term Employment Functions in Manufacturing Industries of Pakistan

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  • KARAMAT ALI

    (Vanderbilt University. Nashville)

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The manufacturing sector has played an important role in the economic development of Pakistan. The main indicator of industrial growth-the percentage share of manufacturing in Gross National Product-has been increasing. However, the percentage of employment in manufacturing has -.decreased. "The share of manufacturing in GNP has increased from 8.1 percent in 1950 to 16.0 percent in 1968. But employment in manufacturing sector declined from 15.0percentoftotalemploymentto 14.3 percent in 1965 [5, p.212].

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  • Karamat Ali, 1978. "Short-Term Employment Functions in Manufacturing Industries of Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 17(3), pages 333-344.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:17:y:1978:i:3:p:333-344
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    1. Karamat Ali & Abdul Hamid, 1996. "Technical Change, Technical Efficiency, and Their Impact on Input Demand in the Agricultural and Manufacturing Sectors of Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 35(3), pages 215-228.

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