PATTERNS OF LABOR ABSORPTION BY OCCUPATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Abstract

National population census data were used to analyse patterns of labour absorption by occupation at the national level: by sex and five‐year group, and by urban and rural zones. The technique used is the Absorption Ratio relating percentage change in a structural variable to percentage change as a demographic variable.

Citation

Larson, E.M. (1987), "PATTERNS OF LABOR ABSORPTION BY OCCUPATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013045