General training, government responsibility and the rural unemployed
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Henderson, Ian G. 'General training, government responsibility and the rural unemployed'. - Dublin: Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland,Vol. XXII, Part V, 1972/1973, pp110-132Download Item:
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"The least mobile variable factor of production, labour, is nowadays
also the least important. The factors of production which matter are all
now highly mobile."
This contentious statement by a well-known journal,highlights one of
the problems of an economy which claims labour as its main natural
resource. If labour does not matter then prospects for such an economy
are bleak, but on the other hand, if the other factors are highly mobile,
then emigration need not be the life-blood of such a place. Manpower
may well be the least important factor yet if the work-force of an area is
of a lower calibre than the average for the country, that area is at a distinct
disadvantage if it hopes to attract new industry. This is the problem that
must be faced in the rural areas of Northern Ireland. This paper will consider two aspects of the question. First, it will look
for a theoretical justification for Government intervention in this field.
Secondly, it will examine the results of a study of a general training course
held at Enniskillen Government Training Centre, to see if such training
is both feasible and worthwhile.
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Read before the Society, 13 December 1972
Author: Henderson, Ian G.
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Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of IrelandVol. XXII, Part V, 1972/1973
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Training, Rural unemployment, Human capitalISSN:
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