Short-Term Employment Functions in Manufacturing Industries of Pakistan

Karamat Ali
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Karamat Ali: Vanderbilt University. Nashville

The Pakistan Development Review, 1978, vol. 17, issue 3, 333-344

Abstract: 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].

Date: 1978
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