Return to Skills in India: The Role of Digital Access and Usage

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-277
Author(s):  
P. Geetha Rani ◽  
Megha Shree ◽  
Rajesh Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Earnings Differential ◽  
Alternative Perspective ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Average Earning

This article analyses the quality of labour force in India using the data from India’s Citizen Environment and Consumer Economy (ICE) 360° survey (2016), which provides a view on how Indians earn, spend, save, invest, live, think, access amenities and public goods and consume. The approach adopted here provides an alternative perspective on the quality of labour force, which depends on skill levels, education and technology. The analysis reveals that Indian labour markets depicts a clear dichotomy between higher skill levels being dominated largely by the high-skilled workers and the manual jobs with lower skill levels for the low-skilled workers. Technology and digital usage has further accentuated this earnings differential. Also, higher skill levels in India tend to have both higher average earning and education levels compared to their lower skill counterparts, leading to widening the earning inequality.Further, this analysis provides important insights into the low skill levels of the vast Indian labour force, which would require re-qualification and re-specialisation of the labour force in order to compete in fast-changing globalised India. Thus, it becomes critical for Indian policymakers to relook the skill formation and education system to be able to swiftly and effectively respond to constantly evolving skill demand in the local, national and global market.

scholarly journals The Strategy of Trade In The Halal Food Industry In Jember

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Misbahul Munir ◽  
Muhammad Masyhuri
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Business Partner ◽  
Business Partners ◽  
Halal Food ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
Product Industry

The halal product industry continues to grow and has a big influence on the global market. In fact, Indonesia is determined to make the country's halal product industry more competitive in the world halal market. To anticipate this global market competition, Indonesia as a Muslim majority country must be able to take the advantage of this enormous opportunity. The role of the network in developing halal products to the global market was when marketing its products. PT. Mitratani could not be separated from relationships with business partners. Each business partner had a role to play. Also, PT. Mitratani could not separate the use of information technology and media as a means to expand marketing to the global market. To create an edge in competition, PT. Mitratani focused on customer and consumer needs. The most important thing was to build trust in business partners. PT. Mitratani's advantage was in the cultivation of edamame. It was from planting to the use of pesticides and fertilizers, until PT Mitratani farmers did their own crops and carried out quality control on each land. This was done to maintain the quality of edamame. PT. Mitratani also improved the quality of its products by implementing HACCP, SOP and GMP in processing and production. In addition to maintaining the quality of PT, Mitratani had established good relationships with company stakeholders so that loyalty and trusted in the product and the company could continue.

scholarly journals Influence of Investment and Labour on Agriculture Sector Economy of South Kalimantan Province

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Yunani ◽  
Nasrudin Nasrudin
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Service Creation ◽  
Systematic Risks ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Potential Area

The purpose of this study was to describe the development of investment and employment in South Kalimantan and to analyze the effect of investment and employment in the agricultural sector to GDP in South Kalimantan. This research is a quantitative study by conducting data collection at the Central Bureau of Statistics South Kalimantan Province pertaininglabour and the economy GDP Data and at Bappeda South Kalimantan and BKPMD (Investment Coordinating Board) South Kalimantan related PMA and PMD data investments as well as data from the Investment Credit Bank Indonesia Banjarmasin.The results showed that the province of South Kalimantan economy during the year 2002-2011grow positively. The condition is mainly supported by a number of industries (which are labour intensive) and the number of people working in agriculture, trade, and mining. However, no significant investment to GDP of Agriculture Sector in South Kalimantan was observed. Labour is still positive but not significant effect on GDP of Agriculture Sector. Taken together investment and employment significantly influence GDP of Agriculture Sector in South Kalimantan, though only 61.5% of the dependent variable explained by the independent variable, while the remaining 38.5% was explained by outside the regression model. It was suggested that the governments of South Kalimantan Province should do efforts to improve the quality of the labour force (i.e., by the local government. The role of the investment must also be adapted to the spirit of regional autonomy and should be encouraged to increase investment conducive situation, mapping the potential area and the establishment of integrated services in the unit for easy service creation and investment business license in order to avoid mistakes in investing and avoid systematic risks.

scholarly journals Color quality and antioxidant activity evaluation of clown loach juvenile, Chromobotia macracanthus Bleeker 1852 by addition of astaxanthin in diet

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Rina Hirnawati ◽  
Dedi Jusadi ◽  
Jullie Ekasari ◽  
Muhammad Agus Suprayudi
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Optimal Dose ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Total Carotenoid ◽  
Test Diet ◽  
Color Quality ◽  
Fish Juveniles ◽  
The One

Botia or clown loach is the one of fishes was originated from Indonesia and as an ornamental fish commodity in the global market. Clown loach both nature and cultured have some problems when reared in aquaria that is the decrease of color quality. An innovation technology to improve color quality through diet formulates is needed. The aims of this research were to increase the color quality using astaxanthin in diet and to find out the role of astaxanthin as antioxidant in clown loach. The study consists of four treatments of astaxanthin dosages in the diet with isoprotein and isoenergy, namely 0, 50, 100 and 150 mg kg-1 with four replications. The fish juveniles with size of 3.44±0.51 cm and 0.56±0.02 g of weight with density of one fish per littre were used. The test diet was given three times a day during 60 days. The results showed that there were no significant differences antioxidant activity such as superoxide dismutase enzymes and malondialdehyde. However, there was a significant effect (P<0.05) to color quality of the chroma and total carotenoid, whereas no significantly different in lightness. The addition of astaxanthin was effective to improve the color quality of clown loach juvenile. Thus, 100 mg kg-1 of astaxanthin in diet is an optimal dose for clown loach juvenile.

Ethics in Management and Institutionalization of Ethics

2016 ◽  
pp. 1895-1914
Author(s):  
İlknur Sayan ◽  
Güngör Karaca
Keyword(s):  
Global Market ◽  
The Other ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Business World ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethics Institutionalization ◽  
Cultural Structure ◽  
Over Time

Throughout world economies, place and role of government and public sector have weakened over time, and on the other hand, efficiency, function, and responsibility of the business world and private sector have increased on the global market system. In addition, changing and developing socio-cultural structure has increased social sensitivity stakeholders' consciousness and importance given to ethic values due to increasing social necessities. Ethics turned out to be one of the most important management subjects for entities and governors in the business world. Ethical performance and ethical quality of enterprises are also important for social responsibility towards all stakeholders, enterprises' ethical values, reputation of the enterprise, increasing brand value of goods produced or service provided, providing trust and support of investors, customers, and the public. In this context, ethics, managerial ethics, institutionalization of ethics, and importance of ethical principles in enterprises in terms of corporate managerial principles are evaluated in this chapter.

scholarly journals When machines think for us: the consequences for work and place

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Clifton ◽  
Amy Glasmeier ◽  
Mia Gray
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Business Culture ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Culture Education ◽  
Direct Use ◽  
Displacement Effects

Abstract The relationship between technology and work, and concerns about the displacement effects of technology and the organisation of work, have a long history. The last decade has seen the proliferation of academic papers, consultancy reports and news articles about the possible effects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on work—creating visions of both utopian and dystopian workplace futures. AI has the potential to transform the demand for labour, the nature of work and operational infrastructure by solving complex problems with high efficiency and speed. However, despite hundreds of reports and studies, AI remains an enigma, a newly emerging technology, and its rate of adoption and implications for the structure of work are still only beginning to be understood. The current anxiety about labour displacement anticipates the growth and direct use of AI. Yet, in many ways, at present AI is likely being overestimated in terms of impact. Still, an increasing body of research argues the consequences for work will be highly uneven and depend on a range of factors, including place, economic activity, business culture, education levels and gender, among others. We appraise the history and the blurry boundaries around the definitions of AI. We explore the debates around the extent of job augmentation, substitution, destruction and displacement by examining the empirical basis of claims, rather than mere projections. Explorations of corporate reactions to the prospects of AI penetration, and the role of consultancies in prodding firms to embrace the technology, represent another perspective onto our inquiry. We conclude by exploring the impacts of AI changes in the quantity and quality of labour on a range of social, geographic and governmental outcomes.

scholarly journals Apakah Jenjang Pendidikan Dasar Tenaga Kerja Berperan dalam Mengurangi Kemiskinan di Indonesia?

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rofiq Nur Rizal
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Labor Education ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Basic Level

Is Basic Education Level of Labor have a role in Reducing Poverty in Indonesia?Improving the quality of human resources through education is believed as one of the solutions to reduce poverty. World attention to education in global ’Education For All program’ and the ’Millennium Development Goals’, suggests that basic education become central program in reducing poverty. If there was a linear relationship between education and income, improved education at basic level would not increase revenues substantially. This study aim is analyzing the role of labor education level toward poverty. Using panel data, this study found that basic education level of labor has a significant role to increase poverty, whereas higher education levels of labor significantly reduce poverty in Indonesia. Keywords: Labor Education; Poverty; Indonesia; Panel Data AbstrakMeningkatkan kualitas sumber daya manusia melalui pendidikan diyakini sebagai salah satu solusi untuk mengurangi kemiskinan. Kepedulian dunia internasional terhadap pendidikan dalam gerakan global ’Pendidikan Untuk Semua’ dan ’Tujuan Pembangunan Milenium’, menegaskan bahwa pendidikan dasar menjadi pusat untuk mengurangi kemiskinan. Ketika terdapat hubungan linier antara pendidikan dan pendapatan, maka meningkatkan pendidikan hanya pada tingkat pendidikan dasar tidak akan meningkatkan pendapatan secara substansial. Studi ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis peran jenjang pendidikan tenaga kerja terhadap kemiskinan. Menggunakan data panel, studi ini menunjukkan bahwa secara signifikan jenjang pendidikan dasar tenaga kerja berperan meningkatkan kemiskinan, sedangkan tenaga kerja dengan jenjang pendidikan lebih tinggi signifikan mengurangi kemiskinan di Indonesia.

scholarly journals The evolution of inter-regional spatial mismatch in the USA: The role of skills and spatial structure

Urban Studies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (13) ◽  
pp. 2654-2669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Theys ◽  
Nick Deschacht ◽  
Stef Adriaenssens ◽  
Dieter Verhaest
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Spatial Mismatch ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Local Labour Markets ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
The Usa

The literature on spatial mismatch often focuses on a mismatch within cities or local labour markets. This paper looks at the spatial mismatch between local labour markets. Using US data, we study the evolution of inter-regional mismatch between 1980 and 2010 and how this evolution varies across skill levels. Since we expect the spatial structure of supply and demand in the labour market to play a central role at this geographical level, we develop an extension of the spatial mismatch index, as the standard version does not take this spatial structure into account. Our results indicate that spatial mismatch has been increasing over the past decades, an increase that is largely attributable to spatial structure effects. The inter-regional spatial mismatch mainly affects low-skilled jobs and workers: our findings suggest that the degree of the spatial mismatch for low-skilled, relative to high-skilled workers, increased from a ratio of two in 1980 to almost four in 2010.

scholarly journals A Semantic Recommender Engine for Idea Generation Improvement

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Maria El Haiba ◽  
Lamyaa Elbassiti ◽  
Rachida Ajhoun
Keyword(s):  
Recommender Systems ◽  
Semantic Similarity ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Global Market ◽  
System Innovation ◽  
Similarity Matching ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Creative Ideation

In order to develop the ability to be competitive in considering rapidly growing global market and enormously changing in technology, organizations are looking for up-to-date procedures to respond to all these transformations. Being smart and innovative is actually the most significant pillars of successful organization strategies. In other words, organizations need to encourage learning, manage knowledge and create innovative ideas. A major issue of creative ideation is improving the quality of the ideas generated. In this paper, we propose a semantic recommender engine for idea generation in order to assist organizations to improve their ways of generating new ideas. Through this novel system, innovation actors will be able to consider new perspectives, make new connections, think differently and thus produce new promising ideas. We initially introduce the concept behind a smart organization, explore the idea generation in such organizations and examine the role of recommender systems for managing this stage and identifying breakthrough ideas. Next, we present the context of design, the conceptual architecture of the suggested system and finally expand the workflow of semantic similarity matching of ideas with a focus on the key components of the semantic recommendation engine.

scholarly journals Human Capital and Economic Growth: The Role of Governance

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (4I-II) ◽  
pp. 529-549
Author(s):  
Ali Muhammad ◽  
Abiodun Egbetokun ◽  
Manzoor Hussain Memon
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Adoption And Diffusion ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Economists agree that human capital is an important determinant of economic growth [Arrow (1962); Aghion and Howitt (1992)]. Human capital-led growth generally concludes the positive impact of the two with the help of existing developed theories and empirical evidences. Nonetheless, the standard empirical result of a direct relationship between human capital (however measured) and economic growth, has been criticised on several fronts. First, the impact of other growth-related factors like quality of education, health of the labour force, inflation, corruption, unemployment, rule of law, etc. should not be ignored. These endogenous characteristics of a country are included in Becker‘s (1993) definition of human capital. In addition, as noted by Abramovitz (1986), social capabilities are important in the adoption and diffusion of technologies but countries differ in social capabilities. Therefore, to the extent to which human capital contributes to economic growth through innovation, its effect is conditioned by the country‘s social capabilities which include factors like quality of institutions and governance.

scholarly journals International Students as ‘Ideal Immigrants’ in Canada: A disconnect between policy makers’ assumptions and the lived experiences of international students

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Scott ◽  
Saba Safdar ◽  
Roopa Desai Trilokekar ◽  
Amira El Masri
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
International Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Policy Makers

Recent policy changes in Canada highlight the strategic role International Students (IS) in the country’s economic development and future prosperity. With the release of Canada’s first international education strategy, the federal government has intimately tied international education to the domestic economy by attracting and retaining skilled workers to prepare Canada for the global market place. IS are particularly desirable candidates for permanent residency because their Canadian credentials, proficiency in at least one official language, and their relevant Canadian work experience is assumed to allow them to integrate more easily into the labour force upon graduation. Through 11 focus groups with 48 IS from two post-secondary institutions in the province of Ontario, we explored the adjustment of IS as they adapt to Canada and transition from student to worker. Thematic analysis suggests a disconnect between policy makers’ assumptions and the lived experiences of IS in Canada. Specifically, we find that IS’ integration into Canadian society into the domestic labour market is hindered by adjustment difficulties pertaining to language abilities, poor connectedness to host communities, and perceived employer discrimination against IS. We offer policy recommendations for how international education can better prepare IS for the Canadian labour market.

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