Spurious flexibility: technical modernisation and social inequalities in the Brazilian footwear industry

Prochnik V.

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Abstract: Covers the period from 1975 to 1990 and gives projections to the year 2000. Focuses on two segments of the footwear industry: the production of women's leather footwear and sports footwear. The study is supplemented by an interview survey conducted in eight of the largest export firms.

Keywords: leather industry.; shoe industry; technological change; competitiveness; trend; survey.; labour force; innovation; employment; projection.; statistical table; industrie du cuir; industrie de la chaussure; changement technologique; compétitivité; tendance; industria del cuero; industria del calzado; cambio tecnológico; competitividad; tendencia; enquête; main-d'oeuvre; emploi; projection; tableau statistique; encuesta; mano de obra; empleo; proyección; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 P. pages
Date: 1992
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 2-22, Technology and Employment Programme

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